Roses Are Red

I always thought that the reason roses were red was because long ago someone inattentively grasped a rose (that had been white to begin with) unintentionally gouging the thorns into their palm. They then held onto the delicate petals in order to cease the thorns from digging farther into the skin. The blood spread around the rose seeping into the ivory silk petals.

Sorry I'm not really good with summaries and the ideas for this are sorta floating around in mid air. I don't think I've caught the right one yet.