Roses and Thorns

Poeta Ricardo Sal LaRosa

I close my eyes Embracing the peacefulness of my inertia As my spirit moves freely from realm to realm From worlds upon worlds carefree where none can harm me These majestic spiritual dimensions levels all Levels everyone Here all are equal regardless of their earthly birth or status Here where the deities the angels and the pure souls inhabit In these adorable nocturnal crossings In this dream within a dream I am reminded of my purpose From whence I come; who I am; and what you have meant to me ! And in these sacred voyages It is your spirit that my spirit desperately seeks For Providence has its own dubious agenda Keeping us apart these days; not knowing when I shall see you again ! These verses these sweet slumbers are my only refuge My only consolation My one true hope of being with you No matter what impediments the gods throw our way ! For I love you more than they shall ever know ! Only your heart shall how much I love thee ! Only your ears shall hear from my lips

Just how much I adore you; how much I cherish you, my Love ! O my princess ! And when our spirits are reunited As I glance into your jadish sparkling eyes I see forevermore as your eyes penetrate straight to my heart ! Roses and thorns has been our love For every sweet, sweet kiss from thy lips to mine My soul has been slashed thrice by Fates jealous hands For every hour with thee a whole week of separation ensues These cosmic battles with the powers and I with you amidst Has overflown into this earthly avatar; this my human manifestation Placing predicaments and obstacles in our paths Beyond our mortal control hence I escape into the spiritual realms Where I am an equal to those tormentors of our happiness Where I too am a prince a warrior-king a courageous commander of armies Where I shall fight fire with fire To liberate us from their tyrannies My spirit shall offer them a peaceful resolution to their grievances For I admit I have not always acted honorably in past lives For I too have blood upon my hands In war I invoked the right of self-preservation for myself and for my warriors I take full responsibilities for my actions in times of war in times of peace I accept all the thorns all the hate all the wickedness thrown at me by their anger In war I gave the orders for the destruction of whole planets And I am truly sorry for their loses, but, I acted pre-emptively to thwart their attacks

But why do you involve the one whom I love most of all in this universe Why hurt her too in hers and my earthly incarnations For she has nothing to do with my past actions against you And I beseech you again to negotiate a peaceful resolution of this conflict Let us meet on the Moon one more time I offer you and your allies an honorable an everlasting peace No malice towards you for the hurt you have caused me and my love Yet, be warned: let not one hair upon her body ever be hurt ! I respectfully await you on the Moon I shall wait for seventy-two hours no more no less For my spirit is weary of this eternal war All I desire is peace on earth peace for all an end to this madness ! And for my love and I to be reunited once and forevermore ! ! !