Rose and Fairy

    The pretty bloom lay out of reach,
    And all she could acquire
    Was fascination with it's charm,
    Which turned into desire.

    She's balanced on a drop of dew
    That glistened on one rose;
    It magnified the flower’s face
    Beneath her fairy toes.

    She gazed at it from dawn till dusk,
    Each petal was so red;
    By eve the sun had done the deed,
    And now her love was dead.

    So the bloom was left behind,
    yet she was never free
    Of its’ fair image in her dreams—
    That she would always see.