Love Bush

Love is not a rose
But like the bush
On which it grows.

Stems with prickly skins
Tangle and twist
To upward grow.

You paint bright the blooms;
I tithe the thorns
To twining grow.

Given green petals,
And half a chance,
Love’s bush will grow.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Andresen Avatar
January 15, 2019 at 1:42 PM
- Let love grow, David :) - Congratulations on your win :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
May Avatar
January 15, 2019 at 10:43 AM
Congratulations on your placement my friend!
De Beaulieu Avatar
January 12, 2019 at 5:55 PM
Hello David this very clever the way you in front of me. have created this poem. I now have this vision of a rose bush in front of me. have a nice day my friend.
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