One Yellow Rose Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison

Red and white with lace and roses
Hallmarks are of Valentines
Chocolates, rings and lots of posies
Win the girls more than cute lines

Cards and tender declarations
Open hearts of lasses fair
Then some careful preparations
Pave the way to lovers' lair

You did not fit in this picture
Carelessly neglecting me
Heart aflutter, kept me waiting,
Fearing, crying endlessly

Valentines were meant for others
Though my soul was filled with love
Giving all that I could muster
Yet you turned away your dove

When I see bouquets of roses
In the place where lovers walk
Haunting memory soon closes
Thoughts that fly off like a lark

One night when the moon lay fallow
In the dark you came to me
Filling chambers full of yellow
Roses, roses, like a sea

Can it be you could not conquer
Demons, devils quite sublime?
Even so I hold no rancor
You are still my Valentine

It's been years since I last saw you
Holidays still come and go
Lovers' day is soon approaching
I still love you, did you know?

When I see romancers laughing
Kissing, hugging, love is new
I retreat to my dark chamber
With one yellow rose so true.