Ode To A Rose Poem by Deduson Brown

What colour will you deliver today
On this such a beautiful day?
Wondering what fragrance I shall smell
Only you magnificent presence can tell;
What will the bouquet be
If I have the privilege to see?

When others join in
You'll blossom into a group
Inducing my thoughts subliminally
To create a splendid coup.

Oh Rose the magnanimous
The hearts in love find momentous;
Playing part in romantic bondage
In love making you'll engage;
You are the symbol of love
Of humans and the Lord above;
Ladies melt at your presence
Whether adults or adolescence.

Also a symbol of guilts and betrayals
Unfaithfulness cover by scented petals;
Hypocrite sometimes you are
Sometimes your beauty goes to far;
In beauty the malice hides away
Causing the guilty, being guiltier going astray.
In your grace your are vicious
Thorns prick deeply wounds so malicious.
Do you think our naivety won't realise
Do you know one your charm we shall despise?

Yet as I am filled with human desire
To be confined in grave or liberated by fire
You'll be there at my funeral
The last gesture of my portrayal.

No lilies, no poppies, no wreaths
All I want is your dainty presence
So in darkness I wait patiently
To make God's acquaintance.