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 

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

 

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  

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

Blue

gentle as a sigh
born on the lips of lovers
carried on the wind
© Rose