You do not seem to realize that beauty is a liability rather
than
an asset - that in view of the fact that spirit creates form
we are justified in supposing
that you must have brains. For you, a symbol of the
unit, stiff and sharp,
conscious of surpassing by dint of native superiority and
liking for everything
self-dependent, anything an
ambitious civilization might produce: for you, unaided, to
attempt through sheer
reserve, to confuse presumptions resulting from
observation, is idle. You cannot make us
think you a delightful happen-so. But rose, if you are
brilliant, it
is not because your petals are the without-which-nothing
of pre-eminence. Would you not, minus
thorns, be a what-is-this, a mere
perculiarity? They are not proof against a worm, the
elements, or mildew;
but what about the predatory hand? What is brilliance
without co-ordination? Guarding the
infinitesimal pieces of your mind, compelling audience to
the remark that it is better to be forgotten than to be re-
membered too violently,
your thorns are the best part of you.
your thorns are the best part of you- - - - - -Marianne Moore is the proof of this line! ! ! ! Actually I like her body of work but she does have a stinger and isn't afraid to use it when need be.
Yeah, you have to be with thorns to become a rose. Nice poem.
Then it would be a flower sans fragrance; it is same as aweet sans sugar or food sans salt!
Reminds me of the song BED OF ROSES popularized by BON JOVI.... Thanks for posting...
Life is not what it apparently looks but it is more than that- a multi-dimensional reality. Thanks. But rose, if you are.... brilliant, it is not because your petals are the without-which-nothing of pre-eminence. Would you not, minus.... thorns, be a what-is-this, a mere.... perculiarity?