Thorns in the Moonlight

Description

The embrace looks protective at first, until the thorned vines become visible around their arms and bodies. Roses bloom along the same stems that wound them, turning the couple’s closeness into something beautiful, dangerous, and difficult to leave. A candle burns from a skull below, a locket rests on the stones, and a bowed angel watches from above. The embrace protects them and wounds them at the same time. Nothing here says whether the lovers should let go. It holds the complicated truth that some bonds are cherished precisely where they hurt-and that love alone does not always make the thorns disappear.