The Mystical Rose

Strolling in the breezy desert,

Warren decreed: 

“Stop and smell the roses.”

Emily gave him a scornful stare.

Pedalling towards the oasis,

Warren repeated:

“Stop and smell the roses.”

Emily gave him a rageful stare.  

Hastily moving farthest from Warren,

Emily entered a burrow by mistake.

She groped in the dark,

Until she herself felt –it-. 

Searching for his mate,

Warren came in. 

Emily uttered:

“Stop and smell the roses.”

They both visioned;

Our Lady of the Roses,

The Incarnate Rose,

The Mystical Rose.