Rugged Roses

The Gourds

tell me with yer eyes



in silence let them ring



the precious humming of our hearts



in silence let them sing



may our phantoms find there places



where ever that may be



let only the sound of love dear echo endlessly




for you for me



I won't wait a week and pine for a love that isn't there



we will watch the river flow past pretty flowers growing there



and the gravity and spin will pass by freely in the wind



to find us quiet in the sunset two old rugged roses



planted firmly by the riverbed




let the tender petals fall



like yer long cascading hair



let the volume of yer moans



deny no passion in the air



and from the center of my bones



I'll kiss often and with care



but not every kiss is always placed so keenly