The Passionate Ones
Inevitably? yes,
with passion and force, yes.
but for me, an allowance of my own vulnerability
is what makes so beautiful,
(all rosebud-like)
this taste of iron in the air,
a slip in the streetlights,
a secret sweetness just hidden from view.
you can take it,
if you know how.
The rose speaks:
"If you want me to take the risk to blossom,
you must take the time to
till the fertile soil,
grow this rose from seed to bud,
and- whether I grow
beneath urban lights or
the dawn streaming through your window...
take care. You sense me in the breeze
whether you crush me with your heel
or whether you resurrect me
from the trash or,
if you give me the chance
to bloom again and again
through your awareness
of my tender beauties,
you can smell me anytime you like."
There is one petal on the ground.
The rose is powerless to her blooming, her shuddering, her death.
Catch her now, this morning,
Quick! See?
She is opening her petals...
with passion and force, yes.
but for me, an allowance of my own vulnerability
is what makes so beautiful,
(all rosebud-like)
this taste of iron in the air,
a slip in the streetlights,
a secret sweetness just hidden from view.
you can take it,
if you know how.
The rose speaks:
"If you want me to take the risk to blossom,
you must take the time to
till the fertile soil,
grow this rose from seed to bud,
and- whether I grow
beneath urban lights or
the dawn streaming through your window...
take care. You sense me in the breeze
whether you crush me with your heel
or whether you resurrect me
from the trash or,
if you give me the chance
to bloom again and again
through your awareness
of my tender beauties,
you can smell me anytime you like."
There is one petal on the ground.
The rose is powerless to her blooming, her shuddering, her death.
Catch her now, this morning,
Quick! See?
She is opening her petals...