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* Desert Rose *

a single rose on a rosebush, in this barren land
what keeps you alive?
strength of will, a guardian angel, & love�s own dream
for which you survive.

the rain won�t come, & the sun will beat you
are you trembling?
the stars at night, their softening light, a small delight
the dark winds bring.

this song becomes a silent sadness, not the fairy tale
that it may seem.
the desert rose weeps all alone, & the dream of love
is only a dream�

Written by JohnFeddeler

Published 26th Jan 2013

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Re: *** Desert Rose ***

JohnFeddeler

- Edited 27th Jan 2013 00:39am

26th Jan 2013 5:54pm

these heartbreak poems are my way of spreading broken joy in this jack&jill world. it's the sun barraging the earth w/his yellow-smile beams side-by-side w/thunder&lightning produced downpouring blackrain, the drops sizzling as they scorch your trusting face. it's clowns in melting greasepaint, wearing Dracula cloaks & red flashbulb noses, offering a pretty bouquet of peppered flowers, fragrant like sewer-sludge, w/1 hand while picking your pocket w/the other, stealing the dreams you forgot to lock in your hopechest.
the pleasure is all mine. All mine...