Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Meaning Reflected

(There are those in every life who are like flashes of lightning, ripping hot flashes across our lives, momentary illuminations, beautiful and frightening. Blue roses through out ancient lore have represented the unattainable and to this day Black roses represent eternal memorial.)

the Meaning Reflected

Lightning: Flashes of intense light & power
both beautiful & frightening, they illuminate,
in brilliant glory, the darkest of clouds & skies
amidst the most wild & violent of natures storms.


A Rose; Fragile & tender as any heart,
blossoming with its unique beauty even in adversary,
black & blue as the sky beyond the light.
Jaded & stained, it clings to the memories, that
otherwise would be forgotten, of the love it has bore-