INTO THE ROSES
INTO THE ROSES
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STANDING THERE
IN THAT MOMENT
FEELING THE HEARTBEAT
ONE SECOND
AFTER MY HEARTBEAT
NOT HELD
ONE TO ONE
BUT IN ONE
AS ONE
---
FEELING SAFE OUT ALONE
RELAXED
HEAVING A SIGH
AND THEN OPENED HER EYES
WALKING OUT ONTO
THE TERRACE
OUTSIDE HER ROOM
THE AIR HAD A FRESH CRISP
FEEL RIGHT AFTER IT
HAS RAINED
THE HEAVY CLOUDS
FITTED ACROSS
THE FACE OF THE MOON
AS A WIDE HALO
SHONE ABOUT THE SILVER
DISK IN THE SKY
LEANING AGAINST
THE BALUSTRADE
SHE STARED AT THE VIEW
BELOW
ONE TREE AT A TIME
WATCHING
UNTIL THE FICKLE MOON
GAVE MEAGER LIGHT
TO EACH
YET NOTHING SHONE
THEY WERE ALL BARREN
NO SHADOWS
FORMED
NONE BORE THE SHAPE
IN HER MINDS EYE
ALL SHE COULD THINK WAS
OF THE NAME
OF HER
ANGER STIRRED
BECAUSE SHE
HAD SO LITTLE CONTROL
OF HER OWN THOUGHTS
SIGHING SHE TURNED
BACK TO HER BED
THREW HERSELF UPON
IT FLINGING HER ARM
ACROSS HER BROW
AND CLOSING HER EYES
TIGHTILY
WANTING
THAT HUNGER TO RETURN
YET DETERMINED
TO SLEEP
TO FEEL THAT BODY
SHE COULD FEEL EACH
CARESS EACH SWEETEST
TASTE
THE LONG SLEEK
HARDNESS OF THE THIGH
AND CALF MUSCLES
UP AGAINST HER SKIN
THE STRENGTH OF
THIS BODY PRESSED
AGAINST HER
SUDDENLY HER
EYES FLEW OPEN
AND SHE REALIZED
THERE WAS NO ONE
SPRAWLED UPON THE
BED YET SHE TENSED
A BRUSH OF WIND
CARESSED HER LEG
TOUCHING SOFTLY
MOVING UPWARDS
AND IT STOPPED
SHE WHISPERED DON'T GO
STAY
COME BACK
STAY HERE
THEN THE WIND
TICKLED HER EAR
AND WORDS FELL
FROM NO WHERE
LAY MY SWEET
RIGHT LIKE SO
SO I CAN
COME IN AND
KISS YOU
GENTLY
THEN A SLIGHT GASP
AND GROAN CAME FROM
HER LIPS
AS SHE FELT
THE TOUCH
LIGHTLY ACROSS
HER SKIN
SHE ROSE AGAIN
AND THEN THE FLOW
OF HER SKIRT
AND LOOSE BLOUSE
MOVED AS IF
THERE WAS WARMTH
AND SHE KNEW
THERE WAS NO DOUBT
HER BEDROOM
WHERE SHE THOUGHT
SHE WAS SAFE
WAS NO HAVEN
SHE OPENED HER EYES
AND KNEW AT THAT MOMENT
NOTHING WOULD
EVER BE THE SAME
SHE WALKED TO THE DOOR
OPENED IT
RAN OUT INTO THE COOL
DAMP GRASS
FEELING IT TOUCH
HER FEET
TO STROLL AWAY
FROM THE MANOR
WHERE
SHE WAS STAYING AT
INTO THE TREES
AS THEY COVERED
THE MOONLIGHT
AIMLESSLY SHE MEANDERED
THROUGH THE TREES
INTO THE PRIVACY
OF THE DARKNESS
THE PEACE IT GAVE HER
TRANQUIL
AND SILENT
BUT FOR THAT WIND
SHE SENSED THE
TOUCH
SHE SENSED THE WORDS
SHE SENSED THE
MOMENTS
AND LONGED FOR THEM
AND YET LOATHED
THEM
THE FULL AWARENESS
MARKED HER MEMORY
AS IF A SINGLE LAMP
BURNED
IN THE ROOM
YET SHE WAS NO WHERE
NEAR THAT SPOT
NOR THE OTHER HEARTBEAT
THERE
SHE SCREAMED OUT
TO THE SILENT RUSTLING OF LEAVES
WHY DO YOU NOT
COME TO ME
WHY DO YOU NOT
TRULY COME
ANYMORE
SHE SAID WHY DO YOU
TORTURE MY MIND
SO
WITH MEMORIES
THAT I CAN ONLY
BRUSH UP AGAINST
THIS PAIN IN MY HEART
SEARS MY MIND
WITH A SCAR
THAT CAN NOT BE FULFILLED
WITHOUT YOU NEAR
BACK ACROSS THE FIELD
SHE WALKED
THE WIND CRISP
ACROSS HER SKIN
TELLING HER SHE WAS ALIVE
GOOSEBUMPS
FORMED
AND SHE HEARD
A WHISPER
IN THAT WIND
IT CALLED TO HER
AS IT SAID
INTO THE ROSES
MY DEAR
---
ACROSS
THE MILES
ACROSS THE EXPANSE
OF WHERE YOU
WERE
TO WHERE I AM
THERE IS NO RELIEF
SO FAR AWAY
JUST AGONY
TIL YOUR LIPS
REACH MINE
THEN A GASP OF BREATH
AND SHE MOVES
AWAKE
TURNING OVER
SAYING TO HERSELF
TRAVELED AGAIN
---
THE OTHER SAYS
AS SHE REACHES
HER ROOM
THE WARMTH GONE
THE SENSE GONE
WHY DID I LET GO
WHERE DID YOU
GO
COME BACK
TO ME
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SITTING UP IN BED
SHE HEARS THE SOUND
OF THE FAN BLOWING
AND THE SIGH OF HER
BREATH
AS SHE WAKES
AND SAYS
TO HERSELF
ONLY INTO THE ROSES
WILL I FIND
RELIEF TO THIS
DESIRE
THAT IS CONSUMING
EVERY WAKING
EVERY DREAMING
MOMENT
---
OH TO THAT SENSUAL
TRAVELED FEEL
THERE IS NO OTHER
EVER IN MY LIFE
---
TO CARESS HER
TO FEEL HER
TO CONSUME
THE FIRE
TIL ITS JUST
LEFT OVER EMBERS
INSIDE AND OUT
