I Once Saw the Roses

I once saw just roses

Offered up by your charm

Delicate petals of gold

Gentle as satin on my skin

The alluring perfume, thick with the breeze

Created a haven from the black world

But these roses I saw

I found to be false

An exquisite façade

Just a shield for your venom

Yet I drank in the harsh toxin

Numbed myself to the ache

Until I all but ruptured, leaking out at my seams

And though I ran that day in search of true roses,

My heart aches to once again

Taste your dark poison

Author's Note

Any suggestions on the style or the dialogue?