The deepest red roses

drip from her lips,

and loving her

is as natural

to me

as watering

the flowers.

Margaret Beaver is a seventeen-year-old high school senior who began writing at the age of eight and has since partnered that with interests in photography, illustration, and tutoring fellow classmates in the algorithms of literature. She currently resides in her hometown of Plano, Texas, and can be found browsing in any local bookstore. Accompanying her first novel, Flowers for Papa, Seasons: August's Collection is her second poetry collection, written between the ages of fifteen and sixteen. You can follow her literary ventures on Instagram @_margaretbeaver_, and for insight into her next works, visit her at margaretbeaverbooks.com