Purity

Petals
of an everlasting white
among thorns
my pure beauty
enveloped by harshness
a white light in a sea of darkness
the cruelty of the world doesn't want me
it tries to destroy
I struggle to survive
but my efforts are crushed
I want to be pure
but the soot of the world covers me
I want to be faithful
but sharpness prevails
my purity shines out
then is quickly snuffed out by hate
I will not surrender
I will not become a barb
a piece of hatred
I will stay pure
but hatred is strong
it strangles me
marring my purity
cruelness leaves no room for pity
thorns care not what they do
tortured and blemished
I bleed to death
I want to be pure
but red blood leaves a track down my lily whiteness
the darkness now leaves me alone
believing I am no more
I prove them wrong
out of despair and suffering
my love comes
sweeping the darkness in a blindingly white embrace
the tortures cannot see
the hatred burns away as they scream in fury
leaving nothing but ashes
that is swept away with the east wind
I stand upright
blood still leaves tracks
but now they are marks of bravery
valor
and purity
instead of hate