Rose Beyond Poems

("The Longest Journey", 2020, original encaustic)

Beyond Words, A Rose By Any Other Name…

Everybody’s talkin’ ‘bout it
because it, is all there is.
Like there is but one...

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Fleeing nefarious intent
As watched through a spyglass
Running for forest's protection
With fast steps of chasse

Rifle in his hands aimed, ready
Will the quick shot be heard?
What will...

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The rainbow-colored dazzling aura adorned,
Unknown suspense awaiting like thorny bush-horned;
Hope, like not so blue sky, yet, tentatively clear,
Trails of travel fog-filled, yet, hope-filled in each...

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Beckoned by love, allured by memories,
Embracing missives of delightful dream
Engrossed in sphere of halo mesmerizing
Surrounding her aura in ornate gold ring,
She lifted-off gaily into ethereal,...

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When a child-  I loved to play, jump and run,
with my big sister who was my best friend;
but, one snowy day she died on...

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I can see the bright sun,
I can feel the colourful shades,
I can imagine, being among stars,
Not at night,during the days...

The rays are colourful, 
That make...

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I could not for a moment, even if I wanted to.
I could never fly like a butterfly out back.
Or zip through raindrops like bubbles of...

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It slithered, wounded, off into a breach
within the granite face, obscured by brush.
Near vanquished in the fight,
aroused by cries of nesting thrush,
it caught a glimpse,...

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A beautiful flower bloomed beguiled
With teeming teenage exuberance
As rare as the floral rhapsody in the wild
Charmed us like we were in a trance.

She sparkled with...

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Ah, how I wish I could freeze time,
And vanish into Daisy's mystical rime.
Unreachable in child's school hood,
after cutting short a fleeting childhood.

Everything here appears to...

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Virtue clothed in a circle of rainbow 
Innocent, she dances towards the sun
Blessed with youth and beauty and character
Gentle as the zephyr that kisses her...

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Beyond reach in her child's world as she plays
Lost in her magic land of flower friends
Could I but capture the remaining days

Before fleeting childhood too...

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Shimmering, stars silence
Winds of wonder,
Reassuring the heart
Breaking through the darkness
Penetrating the moments
With hope and joy, serenity
So alive it feels like light
Falling soft against the heart

Glittering,...

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Your soul a halo of golden light
lingering in the canopy of blue hearts
longing for the essence of you
your touch your voice your smell
your swelling smile...

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An ovoid of soft rainbow light beckoned her
to step into a realm that seemed beyond reach
but she had no fear and felt soul within stir,
whispering...

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