Trauma Letters Online Anthology: Poem “Embroidery” by Vanessa Maderer

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Embroidery

Bruises embroider
Fragile fabric, like
Little lilac flowers dotted with 
Violets too, smelling sweet like 
Violence too. I feel as if 
Your needlework favors 
More floral flavours because 
Their fresh scent masks so nicely
That fragrance of spilled 
Ink blots staining canvas skin; but 
A rose 
By any other name 
Would still have thorns 
With which you sew your name 
Into me, through
The means of rose-coloured 
Embroidery.

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Look for Vanessa's debut chapbook "Cusp of Dusk"

https://allauthor.com/book/58635/cusp-of-dusk-a-collection-of-moments-in-transition/