Black Roses
As I walk these once familiar lanes,
I look about to watch the progression,
Leading me away from my heart's desire.
I look about myself to find something to keep me sane
But all I see are black roses, meshing
Together in a net of deception, like a twisted mire,
I cry out inside at the unjustness of it all,
How love trapped me in this hate.
How love could bring me a joy that would not
Leave, save when my soul departs this earth,
Or I could leave my feelings, which came too late,
And join my family in a peaceful world, cursed
Only by my barely healing and turbulent thoughts.
Love; it brings things together, it tears away
Firm foundations, leaving ashes and the fallen beauty of black roses,
Reminiscent of the past beauty of love…
Where there is beauty there is always pain,
Where there is love there in always hate,
Together, the light and the dark, they make
A beautiful vision of harmony. Rain
Washes away the hurts, away the sting, which makes
You forget the beautiful burden of love, shakes
Your foundation of truth and trust, losing
A battle of fire, I cannot lived with a doused heart,
Empty of reality and filled with the past.
I'll be able to cope with the reality of mortality,
If I can live with a sense of direction, choosing
To live instead a life that leads to death, tart
And bitter, filled with pain, but also a cast
And set foundation of love. That I would choose, though
Some may see it as a bouquet of black roses
I see it as a flash of blinding beauty, perhaps
Short-lived, but brilliant and full of light, which shows
The mortal have a light remaining, a remaining surety, which poses
An amazing breakthrough in thinking, something which taps
Far deeper than the outer shell. Hope came to them,
But I am leaving Hope, despite my unfailing love.
What other can I do to prove my love for him
But to join him in a once bitter death, fleeting as a dove?
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