My Rose

to have seen you 
is to have been blessed by the sight of an angel.
my eyes are blessed

*  *  *

to have touched you
is to have your hand scalded by the brilliance of beauty
my hand is beautifully burned

*  *  *

to have breathed you
is to have known how sheer poetry feels
my lungs know what poetry feels

*  *  *

to have tasted you
is to have known what ambrosia truly is
i know why the gods drank from such sweetness

*  *  *

to have loved you 
is to have been granted a wish.
my wish has been fulfilled

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you have made me feel as no other has
and have made me feel complete,
for you are my beautiful desert rose
and i shall love you

always