Tuesday, April 24, 2018

the lyrical layers of love


     (who ever loved that loved not at first sight? – shakespeare)

 

the red rose envies your sweet lips

framed within your ivory hue

within your colors it longs to dip

to become the beauty of you

 

the dancing daffodil’s design

was content within creation

until it saw your supple lines

and wilted with exasperation

 

i unraveled at your unveiling

with all the flowers seeping sighs

promised grace was a foretelling

of unearned gifts in paradise

 

to show that grace cannot be earned

god gave me the greatest gift

all other verdicts overturned

the gap was closed within the rift

 

evidence against none can argue

for all creation cries for beauty

when once seen in fulfillment of you

it’s a fiduciary duty

 

to claim your name and all the fame

of beauty that’s personified

that with your beauty all became

both jealous and yet satisfied

 

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