The Web Poetry Corner - McKenna Byrne - Red Rose of Love
Red Rose of Love
by
McKenna Byrne
I see you, my love
As the rose that is unaware
Of its own unfolding,
Its own beauty,
Its own death.
I gather you to me;
I inhale your sweet fragrance,
Then, with some strange and singular
Instinct of soul
I plunge your long thorns
Into my own heart.