I the Rose, I the Fire
"And all shall be well and.. All manner of thing shall be well.. When the tongues of flame are in-folded.. Into the crowned knot of fire.. And the fire and the rose are one.” T.S. Eliot
the flame, the petals, the passions of creation
the light of the PRESENCE
brilliant be the towering fires
horrifying be its consuming fury
the rose, the gentle warmth of the glowing flame
the rose, the wrath of its piercing thorn
know I each as one and one as each
I the rose, I the fire
the passion, the pain, the PRAISE.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
The Rose, Photo: CAR, Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2012.
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