Love Poem: A Rose By Any Other Name
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Written by: Denis Bruce

A Rose By Any Other Name

When at a festive  dance we met
In gold were those  dear moments set.
We synchronised so sweetly
Without any  gaucherie.
The hours like  fleeting seconds sped
Our present to our future wed
But that reverie did  sadly melt
The way that Eden  itself did wilt..

Trepidation on Boots'   corner grew
To meet you on our first rendezvous.
Glistening was the pavement wet
As the seconds just  like hours crept

Were butterflies afflicting you
As your bus near the city drew?
Our first meeting had been heart-true
Could our first date idly  fall through?
No,it blossomed,bloomed and it grew.

Auguries fair were in the air
Glittering prizes  ours to share.
Your aunt the perfect match us deemed
And so to all around  it seemed
But beware the tree of knowledge.

We eventually split
Although still one in spirit.
Yet one glimmer of hope remained
A letter from Calella came
But answer there was not
The die was  cast
The spell it broke.

From that blank day  until now
That omission  our sorrow
Our beds were with other loves made
And" Of it make the best,"we prayed.


Would our union have been heaven sent?
But those golden moments refulgent 
Forever  enshrined in  memory 
At least.

An epitaph must now be written
For harsh Death has my sweet Rose smitten
My golden girl was taken today
Eternity  but a breath away.