Day 8: Flower Poem

Today's prompt is a simple one (well, theoretically): to write about a flower. 

Rose

Here, says the rose, is beauty
many layers deep.
Labyrinthine elaborate design,
petals whorled tight
in a swooning roulade;
mille-feuille of pink kisses. 

The telltale flower of love,
romantic missive to declare
a fanfare of feeling.
A story in its curvature, gently told:
perfect, patient, brimful,
whisper-wrought.

Exactly how the heart unfurls
when given as a gift.
Its quiet blush a promise,
banner of delight.
To bloom, says the rose,
is the fate of all who love.