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

Your Kiss

Sweet poison -

My protests die

upon my lips

A million

butterflies born

to die

flutter,

restless

from your kiss

©Rose

Romance, Romance ...

...wherefore art thou Romance

if not alive in the heart of man

where dost thou hide

could thee be buried betwixt

the yellowed leaves of an olde novel

or lie thee brittle and fragile

amongst the shallow lines

of a paperback book

pray that it not be

that man has laid thee 

there to rest

let that not be the

 saddening truth

Alas! what fate man has

bestowed upon thee!

how shameful to be so

forsake!

 would that it not be so...

but that thou beest in

the melody of the dewy dawn

 in the sonnet of hues at sunset

 in the poetry of the pure pearly moon

or 

that thou hath concealed thyself 

in the petals of a rose

tenderly pressed to lovers' lips..

Romance, art thou sleeping there

waiting for love to awaken thee

with a kiss

©Rose 

I, Dandelion

Avid gardeners cuss and frown upon me

Some eat my leaves, slightly bitter but tasty

Others dry my roots for a heart-warming tea

With flowers I welcome the cute honey bee

(So, there is more to me than the weed you see)

My colour is so yellow, beautiful and bright

I've been likened to a little kiss of light

I am no posh rose nor graceful daffodil

But I still look sweet upon a windowsill

 ©Rose

Precious Moments

Tears don't wash away

the memories

they are merely 

a drop

in the ocean

of endless tides

that swell and spill

then gently kiss

the sun bleached

sands of time

 Endless tides,

eternal verities,

yesterdays truths

that a thousand moons

have been witness to

Precious moments,

cherished memories

that swell and spill

over the golden

sands of time

ⒸRose    

You Fill My Senses

you are

the gentle caress

of wind 

on my lips



the tender kiss

of dew

on dawn's bareness



the warm sunrise

on my sleepy 

eyes



the summer 

rain upon

my nakedness



an oasis

in the desert

of passion



you fill my senses

with sweet

temptation



Rose

Kiss Me

you're the devil

in disguise

I see the fire

in your eyes

don't tell me lies

just kiss me

I'm no angel

and I want you

but I want to

go to heaven

without dying

so kiss me

© Rose

The Kiss

you gave me a rose
i trembled when you kissed me
how vivid the dream
© Rose

To Fate

your kiss
the foreshadow
of death
your words
a knife through my heart
your love
a poison chalice
I drink
deeply, greedily
to fate
© Rose