Elixir of Love

Pink Rose petals found

On the ground

all around.

Pink petals tattered

and torn,

blown away

from the thorn

by the storm.

You swept up

handfuls of petals.

Now holding

rose essence,

deeply kept.

Fill a jar of full of pink petals

In remedy of memories bereft

Find essence released.

A concentrated whiff.

My heart is pleased.

Smell the torn, spent, petals

Scents to awaken the soul.

It’s not what you imagined

as you both have grown old.

All is not lost,

while essence remains.

We make sweet

love potions,

transforming the pain.

This Tree of Pink Roses

has one side as bare

as Winter.

A grieving place so hard

to enter.

The other side blooms,

enough love to share.

and with it brings,

an eternal Spring,

Together we gather

Petals lost…

Together we let settle

the cost.

A recipe for alchemy,

layers of petals,

Covered with brandy,

Topped with honey,

Steeped in love.

A triple infusion,

of petals found,

No longer lost

in confusion.

A memory to

ground the past.

A remedy for

love that lasts.

Alchemical essence

gives potency to life.

A legacy of love,

beauty and sacrifice.

What was lost,

and withered away.

What was bare

with nothing more to say.

Let go of beauty

Nothing stays the same.

Let go your cares,

The truth is plain.

Winds blowing

Here and there,

bringing changes

from spiritual heirs.

My heart rearranges.

Set free the petals

from this pink rose tree.

So we may find ourselves

Together and free.

Gathering essence,

from the ground.

Gathering together when

friends come round.

This Soul rescue remedy

Heals the heart

of what may be,

Creating a love

of potency.