Tamed By a Red Rose

I sat in the park On a dark Autumn day The rustle of leaves Natures death bouquet They swirled and spun Around my park bench What i witnessed next Made my cold hands clench Where the leaves dispersed An angel appeared Tattooed dressed in black My life for i feared On approach to me My heart raced A black angel To me face to face As i await my fate She sees what i hold There's a sadness in her As tears start to unfold She has spotted the red rose I bought for my girl As all around The park started to swirl Leaves flew In sporadic directions Tree's cried Like hurtful infection The sky darkened As thunder rolled One lightening flash And lo and behold As i raised my head She was smelling the rose Her feathers of black In outward pose Staring, watching Trying to believe what I'm seeing A black angel in the park With a entranced human being The clouds dispersed Just as soon as they came The tree's stood silent And the leaves did the same Her hands clasped To her breast they close This black angel cries Tamed by a red rose http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/fantasy4.php