Roses In The Sna' Poem by jim hogg

Roses In The Sna'



T'was in the country dancing class
When I first laid my eyes on you
Bewitchin' fair an' temptin' lass
I grew addicted tae the view

For innocence deceives so neatly,
on love's thorn so bittersweetly
you and I so fondly thirled;
we would've traded a' the world

But never did oor lips reveal
the passion we could ne'er conceal
an' precious wounds we did endure
when we were young an' oh so pure

chorus
When you and I could never fa',
like moments that would never pass
But such a thrill could never last
Like roses in the sna'

I weel remember how we gazed
intae each ither's captured een
when pointlessly oor ecstacy
meant everything that life could mean

But time was rushin' on sae fleetly
such a crush left me completely
high and dry above the tide
in dreams o' us lass, side by side

An' so a spark between us flared
tae fade because I never dared
Your hand tae squeeze, your lips tae kiss,
When just tae think o' you was bliss

chorus
When you and I could never fa',
like moments that would never pass
But such a thrill could never last
Like roses in the sna'

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
There's a couple of strands to this and though they're separated by a wee bit over 40 years, there are a few parallels. Cyber romance can be a bit of a dance, a bit of a whirl of promise and possibility, a rush of emotion, and a genuinely felt 'crush' but without the merest physical contact.. just like that first real, sweetly wounding infatuation, back when pairs of the newest secondary school innocents, would gaze in swooning agony at each other every time they passed in the corridors or in the playground, or when they were forced to dance with each other in excruciating bliss.. But, they bloom and fade, just enough, in the chill winds of time...
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Original Unknown Girl 30 November 2012

I love your poetry, beautiful scripted, packed full of emotion always beautiful [3

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