Sometimes, we meet people who are so tender and loving that you too begin to have profound love for them,but you would like them not to join you on your journey, just because your journey is full of suffering on account of some unforeseen hardships.You fe


Oh,Rose !

Oh,Rose!

By: Zafar Khan


Oh Rose of Paradise
Stare not at me,
what can I offer thee,
Human tears not smiles.

I am amouros
of thy fragrance
of thy beauty
and innocence.

Ask me not to
to pluck you up
and dishonour
thy lovely Grace.

I am a traveler,
Yes, I am
of rocky lands
and thornt garden.

Where the angels
fear to tread,
and man is anxious
in his sleep.1

1.W.B. Yeats




Poetry by Zafar Khan
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Written on 2006-11-25 at 20:50

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night soul woman The PoetBay support member heart!
Well written! :)Welcome to poetbay :)
2006-11-25


Phyllis J. Rhodes
Profoundly beautiful.
2006-11-25