All In, For The Roseate Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

ALL IN, FOR THE ROSEATE
There must be rosaries of the roses
I thought as a little girl
Not Catholic but enchanted with the word
In love with the roseate world
Perhaps I will make now another
Petal bright secretly drifting excursion
Time travel trip back to my roselands
My secret roselands
Another fairytale attempt to visit
The secret whispering secrets of the roses
On the rose bushes in the corner of our yard
Among themselves, I want to be a denizen
Of the place made out of roses
You cannot imagine how serious I am about this
I am all in for the roseate
For the roses heaped up forever
Under a rose filled sky.
mary angela douglas 7 may 2024