A CARNATION UNBOUND #

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JOURNAL # 38

FOR ALL THE WORLD WAS A GARDEN
AND HE THE LOVELIEST OF ALL
SOFT BLUE CARNATIONS ABOUND
STOPPED SLUMPING AWAY FROM
THE SUN'S LIGHT
LONG ENOUGH TO REALIZE
A ROSE IS JUST
A RED LOVELY ROSE
THE REDDEST BEAUTY AROUND
AS BY VISUAL ROMANTICS
IT WAS LONG AGO DEEMED SO
AH BUT
THE JOY OF BEAUTY IS
ALSO THE JOY OF LOVE
AND ONLY THIS
A FAITHFUL CARNATION
SUCH AS HE
KNOWS..............
(April 23, 2010 1133am)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

my poetic reply to Muhammad Naveed Ahmed's poem WISDOM OF LOVE LEARNED FROM MY SAQI.

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