Love is like a rose <br /> In full bloom <br /> Inviting, enhancing <br /> Entrapping, overwhelming the heart. <br /> <br /> Beware the thorns <br /> Giving pain, drawing blood <br /> Inflicted on unwary lovers <br /> Never to heal or be forgot.<br /><br />Colin Ian Jeffery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-is-like-a-rose-15/