Thornless Rose painted by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, etched by Charles Lemaire (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I took a gift to my sweet love
And bid him merry meet
A simple rose without a thorn
I laid before his feet
And he extolled my virtue pure
And called me darling, sweet!
My lover took me to his bed
So warm in his embrace
With passion sated did we stretch
Across the silk and lace
And in his love soaked eyes beheld
Of darkness not a trace
But years have withered on the vine
The flower of such love
And daily I am wanting found
Of hands fit for his glove
That he would bid his loved one wear
His angel from above
I took my heart to my cold love
To bid he set me free
For now in days of dark despair
I live with misery
And that sweet rose without a thorn
I can no longer be
My lover freed me from his heart
With words of bleak disdain
I knew within his company
I could no more remain
And so I now with sad, sweet voice
Sing solitude’s refrain
(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
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That was so very sad, but beautiful
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
awwwwwww beautifully sad… and sadly beautiful…. very well written Sis xxx
Thanks so much Sis!!! 🙂 🙂 xxx
Could that have been any more beautiful. Tears.
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂
Oh, how truly beautiful and heartbreaking!
It seems like you’ve been posting lots of sorrow-filled poems lately, are you alright?
I’m fine, its just imagination! Also could be that its winter in my part of the world, tends to bring darker thoughts! But thanks for caring and asking, I really appreciate that my friend! 🙂
Okay, good! Glad to hear that all is well! 🙂
And winter! How lovely! Do you have any snow?
Not usually – every once in a while we might get a bit but not often and not much – we get frost and fog though!!! Not quite as beautiful! 🙂 🙂
😦 Sorry. That means no snowball fights or sledding days! You’ll have to come to Colorado in January and we’ll go wandering through the canyon in snow up to your knees. Just have to watch out for the lions. But you can get some really lovely pictures. 😉
Sounds lovely, except for maybe the bit about the lions, LOL!! 😉
It is! 🙂
I’ll have to post the pictures I took last year one of these days!
Yes, do!! 🙂
This was very sad and heartbraking, but at the same time it carried withing a sort of a melody of strenght.
Thanks so much, that’s an interesting and very insightful interpretation of the underlying mood/perspective of the poem, much appreciated!
This one pierced me like a rose thorn. Right in the heart. 😉
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
The last line is a killer. Well done
Thanks so much!! 🙂 🙂
Enchantingly sad.
Thank you!! 🙂 🙂
Oh, Helen, this went straight to my heart! Beautifully sad. xxxx
Thanks so much Skye!! xxx 🙂
beautiful poem, I look forward to reading more of your stuff 🙂
Thank you so much!! 🙂 🙂