“my love for you is like a rose
that follows where the sunset goes
and finding velvet fields of stars
its petals
so that it shows my heart
there for all to look
a beating page torn from a book
and cradled in its bed red bloom
offered
to the one
who took it from me
hope to hear you say
its yours forever and a day
or longer
love gets stronger
till it burns the space between away
this flower holds the key to me
its secrets guarded jealousy
but opens up in trusting not betrayed”
