JASMINE

From the moment I made contact

I knew I was special

My entrance was grand...not just escaping a man

Fireworks shot off the deck

Of my marital wreck

But fear gripped my neck

As the water of my soul

...........broke

I kept my distance, from urchins

Uneducated, unguided, leaches

Sticking and sucking out life's nectar

I must be seen as ABOVE

....never below

.............................deck

Cubby holes in the stairs

Filled with airs of off color affairs

Anything can be covered with scent

Follow the JASMINE

The aroma of beauty

Lulling the senses to sleep

So that one never reaches

.........truth

What is turth....sorry....TRUTH!?!

The TRUTH, the real TRUTH

LOVE is messy, unpredictable

....dirty, ugly, unacceptable

Well

..........that's all behind, me

One day, I stumbled

Fell down the stairs of my making

The wood opened...revealed

Playthings, for children

Who has been.....

the TRUTH is known!?!

Never follow Jasmine

Written by Trudy Schrader on 11/28/21