By Unchained
Date: 2001 Aug 13
Comment on this Work
[[2001.08.13.14.53.14054]]

I won't bring you roses


I won't bring you
roses
for that evening.

Lilacs
I think
to scent the room
near us.

The aroma
must be gentle
and pleasing
but not distract us
from each other.

I don't want
to put anything
like pressure
on you.

What I want
is slow
and natural
and will not
include
the tired and endless
games that we've seen
played all our lives.

Walks and talks
and reading
to each other
and listening
not only to the words
and worries of our worlds
but also to the silences
in the spaces between us
attentive
but not intruding
entwining
gently
with no force
beyond mutual desire.

Roses are too bold.
Lilacs build slowly.
So shall we.