Rose Always

12 Love Poems

Selected from

Rose Always - A Court Love Story

By Maja Trochimczyk


(C) 2007-2009 by Maja Trochimczyk, Los Angeles


Wishing (Annunciation)

1.

Fresh, moist petals opened.
The rose flowered
In the garden of delight and beauty.
She waited for the one
Who'd reach past sharp thorns,
Past her childish defenses
Into her heart.
She longed to be touched
And admired for her softness,
For the velvety glow of her blossom,
For the intense burst of pleasure
Her fragrance would give
The one who cared enough
To come with a simple offering -
A life for a rose.


2.

Up in Heaven
Madonna and Her angels
Lost patience with my Death Wish
So they gave me a Gift
For all times:
You.

Down on Earth
A door opened
To the infinity
Of love.

On Sunday
I saw the burning flame
From the Song of Songs
Beneath your armor
of disaffection.

And, as T.S. Eliot said -
"All is always now."


Seeing (Revelation)


3.

I found my love in the desert.
He is real
as rocks in the stream,

gentle
as clouds flowing from the mountaintops,

strong
as a kiss of sunlight at noon,

shy
as the moon in the morning,

sweet
as the taste of mango on my lips,

refreshing
as a tangerine,

pure
as the baby's breath in my garden,

loving,
yes, as loving
as I am,
when I see him cry.


4.

Of all the loves in the world
Yours is the purest.
Of all the smiles
Yours is the most endearing.
You know my secrets.
You care if I cry.

We met in sorrow
To share a joy
Of looking at the turquoise sky,
That never was so blue
Before or after,
With gold clouds
Scattered like kisses
On time's soft veil.


5.

The geometry of shadows
on the hillside
tells me it's five o'clock -

Time for the shadow
on your cheeks
to grow into rough kisses


Crowned with the gold
rays of sunset,
I'm still, full of silence -

Waiting for the earth
to shatter when
your lips touch mine


Knowing (Communion)


6.

My love is like the weather -
good or bad, it simply is

And you have to live
with the heat of passion,
with the cold of indifference,
with the rain of tears
spilled in sadness
over lost chances, dreams,
hopes - broken

You have to live
with the snow of gentle kisses
falling all over your body,
covering you with a soft blanket
of innocence and peace


7.

For you, I'm a pear
with persimmon flavor
bathed in vanilla milk,
my skin is smooth, electric
it tingles when you touch me

I sing -

Of all the gardens of the world,
all the orchards,
all the fruit-bearing trees,
all the roses,
I'm the richest.
my blossoms are most abundant,
my fragrance - the rarest,
beyond reach.


8.

How gently did you hold my hand
how tender was the kiss
that marked the passage into life
eternal kindness - joy

The angels sang
blue skies rejoiced
moon rose
like crescent of a smile

The shadow passed
tears were no more

You loved me


Feeling (Consolation)


9.

Olive, sky blue
milk chocolate

dark-red smoothness
bronze, indigo

delicately pinkish
bright white and gold

shine in a serenity rainbow
painted over the blackness

of time by broad, swift
brushstrokes of Mercy


10.

What graces spilled
you did not feel

what blissful songs
not hear

what flights of joy
await you now

if only and within
you will allow

the slowest work
the hardest toil to bear

what you at first denied
and then rejected


Being (Transfiguration)


11.

What you don't know
is that my love is like a puzzle
without an answer

Intricate within,
a labyrinth with a hundred entries
and no way out

It is like a rosebush
in my garden - lush, fragrant flowers
open up, one after another,
trusting in the protection of sharp thorns

Love comes and goes
with the spring tulips,
summer heat, autumn butterflies,
winter's orange blossoms

Love rests - it swiftly moves
over the sad valley of confusion,
leaving a clear light behind

In the light of my love
you see your path for a while,
the path to goodness


12.

I found myself
in a perfect place

I laugh to tears
and I like what I see

After the broken pieces
of the Devil's mirror were
washed away from my eyes

There's no pain here,
no limits, only the infinite
glory of becoming one

With the Universe, one with
the Divine, stumbling on my way

No anxiety, no desire -
I live right here, right now

Thank you for the key
that opened the door to paradise -

Serene, fearless, I'm wholly
and whole made of love




Poetry written in 2005-2008
Published by Moonrise Press, Los Angeles.

www.moonrisepress.com

P.O. Box 4288, Sunland, California 91041-4288.

Surprisingly sweet and gentle, this love story of a crime victim and a sex offender consists of 77 brief, lyrical poems and 23 narrative fragments. Inspired by the Songs of Songs and centuries of love poems, from Sappho to Milosz. Three editions are available: hardcover without photos, illustrated hardcover with the author's photographs of roses, and a paperback edition.

Hardcover without Photos (136 pp.): ISBN 978-0-615-26362-5
Preview on Google Books: Rose Always Preview.
2nd Edition, Hardcover with Color Photos (184 pp.):
ISBN 978-0-9819693-1-2
Preview on Google Books: Rose Always Illustrated Preview.
3rd Paperback Edition (136 pp.): ISBN 978-0-9819693-4-3


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