Poetry: I Propose

I propose that love is a rose

Not any casual flower found

A sun kissed seed that grows

In the soil of communication

Not in the ground

But in the garden of admiration

Where tender agreements are formed Where healing 

thoughts and sensations

See body, mind and

spirit transformed

I say love is two flowers Two - not one lonely rose in bloom

A fresh bouquet of beauty and power Heaven's offspring

in a red costume

Two in search of elegance and grace Sharing each other's

time and space

Treasured by the gods

and human race

E. Laurence Bake