rosae sapientia - sonnet

capriccios rose, ye whirling flow of perfume
intoxicating people with your essence,
alluring in your velvet petals’ costume,
why is your beauty doomed to evanescence?
is it for reigning over other flowers
too haughtily unfolding your prestige?
or maybe for your hypnotizing powers
that hold one’s admiration in your liege?
or maybe it’s because your thorny keepers
which claim a bloody toll through stinging pain
from those who dare to try to be your reapers?
“when keeping your eyes shut, you look in vain –
i'm meant to teach you, witless walking sleepers,
about the transiency of every reign.”

Dorothy A. Holmes apwlts2
I yearn to write a sonnet so lovely as this. Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing

Nikunj
So much seen in a simple rose , creative piece that shows the depth of craft and limitless imagination. Wondrous to read and to be held in great admiration.

Kesav V Easwaran
A beautiful sonnet in its theme, presentation and composition

Susan Jarvis
Ephemeral grace and beauty with spiky thorns - a wonderfully wrought, fairytale sonnet with a potent sting of realism. I love it!