Thursday, 8 March 2012

Love Is

Love is
the silence
before the storm
the awakening
before passion
is born
Love is
the sigh
of the wings
of a butterfly
the gentle
arousal
which kindles
the tempest
©Rose

Friday, 2 March 2012

The Sky Danced

Reflections
on a blue sky
recall
the long hot summers
We were so high
on love
swathed in the 
mirth of the cicadas' song
as it rose and fell
and floated
all around us
in our hair
in our hearts
Under our feet
the sky danced
enchanted
by the mirth
of the cicadas' song
which reeled 
in the blue
until the sky bled
Red flames
devoured the blue
tainted the hue
spewing the
silence of
darkness
all around us
 ©Rose

Sunday, 26 February 2012

Maybe She'll Love You


maybe she'll love you
how i should have
how i could have
how i would have
had you allowed me to
you made me feel small
while you walked tall
and didn't care at all
they say
pride comes before a fall
they say
it happens all the time
they say
there's a thin line
between happiness and misery
they say
there's a fine line
between delusion and reality
perhaps it's your destiny
another opportunity
another chance
another romance
maybe she'll love you
if you'll allow her to
©Rose

Friday, 24 February 2012

Lullaby


the lay
of the wind
on a sparrow's
wing
as it flies
to it's nest

the glee
of the sun
on the boughs
of a tree
as it sinks
in the west

the madrigal
of a lucent moon
as it rises
in the sky

a medley
of melodies
the lilt of
a lullaby
© Rose

Friday, 17 February 2012

Dreams


dreams
shredded fragments
pale as the moon
flutter like
flimsy apparitions
to be snarled
and snared
in the shadows
of nightmares
futile fantasies
tangled in
complex
mind games
waning
wilting
withering
beneath
the veil
of delusion
© Rose

Thursday, 16 February 2012

Rebirth


nature's crystal womb
the chastity of winter
a time for rebirth
© Rose

Monday, 13 February 2012

Saturday, 11 February 2012