Love Poem: Why I Adore the Rose

Why I Adore the Rose

Day reveals 
the personified beauty
of the rose, while 
night hones 
the edges of its thorn

I kept the luster 
blooms, so tender, to my skin
and the blades I bathed 
them in the sunshine
of my young heart

I prowled, constantly, at her 
articulate smile, translated by 
the flickering flames of 
her mystic fire, the true reason
why I adore, so much, the rose