Sense Sonnet - Acher

 From White to Red Rose

Aphrodite, goddess of love,

Rose from sea foam as a white rose.

Young Adonis was lover of

Aphrodite, mortal she chose.

Searching for Adonis one day,

Aphrodite was told that he

Had gone off hunting wild boar prey.

She hurried to where he would be,

But was too late, a wild boar had

Gored Adonis, who wounded lie.

This made Aphrodite so sad.

She held him close as he did die.

Holding the blood Adonis shed,

Aphrodite, white rose turned red.