Oliver
Oliver's roses are all deep
velvet red.
Lighter colors--pink and peach and
white--
Intimate a delicacy not quite
Vivid
enough to mirror Oliver's heart.
Even my love for him
cannot, apart,
Relieve his passionate need for tears
unshed.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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