Long slender spikes of red
A tasseled beauty everlasting
Decorating tombs of the dead
Save the ailing from the dead
Color ever blasting
Long slender spikes of red
Planted in your ornamental bed
In a perpetual state of fasting
Decorating the tombs of the dead
The rose will never be misled
Your reign forever outlasting
Long slender spikes of red
Hang low your drooping head
An extravagant hue contrasting
Decorating tombs of the dead
Watered carelessly until you bled
Now a seeded life recasting
Long slender spikes of red
Decorating tombs of the dead
Very nice villanelle, Isabella! I love it!
Thank you!!