Tiny Jewels

ragged thorns
penetrate skin
dew and tears
tiny jewels
drop
tempering
blood
imbued with
melancholy
clenched fists
tighten round
the roses
while pain
dances
through
the blur
of spiralling
colour
© Rose

Happy Christmas

i wish you good cheer
Christmas comes but once a year
don't lose your baubles
Rose

Embers

he bears his passion
to the winds who sow
the smouldering embers
embedding their spores
into celestial wombs

in the wake of his fervour
lustrous constellations
are born
bearing witness
to love

© Rose

Cat

Mist

flimsy
souls
swirling
flailing
down
hills
hovering
above
bodies
of water
deep
secretive
pools
reflecting
nothing
but
darkness
© Rose