Short Assignments...

Self-Portrait:

Oh, blue rose,
what are you hidding?
I can see,
your soft petals,
and thorns,
but the true beauty,
Mystery.
Why have you given,
to hidding,
the desires of,
the heart?
Why have you taken,
to defending,
an innocent life,
but ending,
the potentially,
immature?
But, your petals are,
so white!
Sir, indeed.