My thoughts lie naked
Without covering
Without shame
My desire reveals
Its passion
Its need
I have no mask
To protect myself
I am yours to hold
To love
My thoughts lie naked
Without covering
Without shame
My desire reveals
Its passion
Its need
I have no mask
To protect myself
I am yours to hold
To love
I wished for poetry
A line or two
He said
I will not write for you
I replied
I will write for you
I wrote
Until
There were no words left
And my fingers bled
He stayed true
And did not write for me

All joys this earth could bring
The depths of endless sea
Wind in sheltering trees
Could never separate
Thy child from Thy grace
I feel Thy presence
Surrounding me
Whispering
I am protected
I am loved
Safe, at
Peace
Breath by breath
Locked into time
Until hearts stop
Beats upon beat
RIP

Twenty years
You’ve been gone
Away from this life
Its routine and strife
Free from this world
Its ties and its binds
Fetched by eternity –
Transcendent of time

Soft
Velvet
Petals.
Sweet
Enduring
Fragrance.
Scent
Of a
Rose.

We live in a world
Where roses abound
Surrounded by beauty
Elegantly free


A flower for a day
Beauty on display
A few moments of life
‘Til time carries it away

Whatever I can do,
My nemesis can do better!
Every time.
Nemesis: An opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome.