If I were a rose and you were a leaf, <br />the thorns would not grow upon my tree. <br />You would bask in the glory of beauty spent. <br />Content to reside where my heart went. <br />Daily collecting of sunshine you might... <br />My caress would fall like soft candlelight... <br />Savoring your soul until the darkest night. <br />We would grow together like the leaves from a vine. <br />Forever, my love, through the end of time. <br />Until December when the rose wilts away. <br />I will wait until the first blooms of May <br />Forsaking others for the burning within. <br />Only to chance have I become whole again. <br />Mixed with the spirit of a lover's light. <br />Together the lady and her poet knight. <br />If I were the rose and you were the leaf... <br /> <br />Copyright 2006 A.J. McKinley<br /><br />A.J. McKinley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lady-s-reply-to-the-rose-and-leaf/
