Date Posted:15:04:50 08/15/02 Thu Author: Just say not to Liz Subject: Bouquet of Yellow Roses (poem)
A silent night in my room.
A knock on my door,
Suddenly memories bombard me
So sweet and vicious I fall to my knees.
When I cry, it's over you.
My mind torments me with your smile
The way you smell, the way you laugh
The nights I had you here with me.
God when did it come to this?
Every dream, every breath and heart beat
Every minute of every day and every bridge
It is you with whom I share them.
And until this very moment
I've lied to the world,
To myself and to my heart.
But you, I never lied to you.
That's why you sent these.
You knew despite the lies
Despite the grief and anger
That in my heart there was always hope.
This bouquet of yellow roses,
They lay where you left them at my door.
No need for words or a card, though I looked.
It's all there, your love, your promise and your hope.
When all else failed us,
When looks were all that didn't lie;
Could not be stolen or denied
The gestures that are you were always there.
Though you did not stay
I felt your presence when you knocked.
I spied you from a window and saw a tear,
Silver, silent and unheeded it fell to the ground.
The light above you shines like a halo
Reminders of how I fell off your pedestal
And now walk mortal ground.
As you have stripped off angels wings to join me.
One day love will be enough.
It will have to be,
For what else can you give someone
When they own your very soul?
Infinite as my love for you,
Steady as the heartbeat next to mine,
Firm as the hands that hold me,
My hope for us blooms like yellow roses.
