Rosina Kamphuis

Roses

I’ve been around
and
knowing nothing
threw
my limitations
to the footlights
like a bunch
of blooming roses
sweet fragrance in
a beam of light.

Joyously
I play
my revelations
centre stage
absolved of heaviness.

Your shadows laugh,
my body sweats
I pluck
the neon stars
for you
my suitors
I shall never
have.

Cry with me.
My spirit soars.

I dare
to tread where I
have never been,
I celebrate
my life
and yours
naked
In a world
of dreams.

I walk
away.

Rosina 2005