You Make Me Feel

You are trapped in my mind

in the maze of my dreams

haunting me

Your whispers brush my cheek

get tangled in my hair

tormenting me

Your touch  melts my heart

scorches my soul

torturing me

Your kiss leaves me breathless

words die on my lips

confusing me

Your eyes leave me vulnerable

naked before you

shaming me

Your gaze grazes my skin

I embrace the pain

you make me feel

©Rose

Know That I Grieve

i have not buried you

in the past

but as a keepsake deep

in my heart

sometimes I catch

a glimpse of you

as you pass through

my mind

and my heart skips

a beat

you smile at me

like you did then

when our eyes met

and my soul danced

If you should find

yourself

thinking of me

know that I 

loved you then

truly, deeply loved

you then

and know that

I grieve the death
of that moment

in time

when I could have

told you

but instead

I said nothing

and let you walk away

 ©Rose

The Devil's Darning Needle

The devil's darning needle

she is named

and for this legend 

she is famed

So take heed

of this indeed:-

Daydreamer do not slip

into a sleep

beside a shady stream

As the damselflies

will stitch your eyes

while you lie and dream

 Children do not lie just

do as you're told

 Wives be fearful - do not

 nag and scold

Husbands do take care 

never to cuss - never to swear

Young ladies please do not pry 

and never mix with gossips

 Or the evil dameselfly

will stitch up your lips

ⒸRose

 

It's A Kind Of Magic

I'm looking for the magic

the kind that makes a blind person see

It's never where you think you'll find it -

never where you think it may be 

It's the magic that ripples the soul

like raindrops on a placid pond

A magic that lifts the spirit

like a mist on mountains far beyond

It's the magic reflected on a still lake

mirroring the blue sky

The magic essence of a green forest

where dappled shadows lie

It's a magic you will find but

once in a lifetime

Like the magic I felt

when your eyes met mine

ⒸRose    

  

Goodnight Sadness

I lie in bed staring at the ceiling

I know it's every line

I know how the shadows fall

and wait for them 

to hide the sadness 

written there

before I close my eyes

I slip into a dream

bleak and bare as the ceiling

Even the moon is bare

and cold as stone

A watchful tree stands

rigid, silent, accusing

A violin begins

to keen piteously

A butterfly merely

a fragile shadow of itself

flutters, trapped

in an erratic flight

A rose weeps

a putrid bouquet

There are no shadows

here

Here there is no escape

from the sadness

written on

the ceiling

Rose 

This piece was inspired by Paul Eluard

'Adieu tristesse/ bonjour tristesse/ Tu es inscrite dans les

lignes du plafond'

   

  

Words

Words flow

from your lips -

love coloured

tasty morsels -

seductive

little kisses

ripe and luscious

those

tempting words

that float

and stray

and linger

a while

to glisten

in your

ice wreathed

eyes

Rose  

The Temptation of Dreams

I saw in your eyes

a blinding vision

a passion, a fire

a spark of desire

But nothing is

what it seems

The temptation

 of dreams

The final illusion

Trapped inside

a memory

I wish I could

make you see

make you feel

make it real

Darken my eyes

Set me free

©Rose

Psyche

 

Through cosmos windows

in the unbounded expanse

in which all matter exists

or does not exist

Psyche traces

the orbital paths

of lovers

Two lost souls

on parallel planes

who may never unite

Mirrored images

not yet conceived

Psyche draws

them into dreams

depicting Love's

concentric spheres

Subliminal messages

not yet perceived

by their conscious minds

Until one day

when purely by chance

their eyes should meet

                                                                         © Rose

Reflections

you say I'm beautiful
as an angel in disguise
blinded by your affection
you don't see, don't realise
you don't see imperfection
but reflection never lies
and how I wish I could be
that woman that you see
I wish that I could see me
through your loving eyes
© Rose

Eyes Do Not Lie

The Hawk

astral shape shifter
messenger and observer
spirit of the sky
© Rose