Destiny Rose is a New Zealand-based writer, painter, and photographer who combines fire and passion to create brilliance. Her written creations span the spectrum of sensuality and emotion, and flirt with a casual spirituality and divine femininity.
LOVE & HATE
How closely related
are hate and love?
If you have one
in the joining of two
easy to turn to the other
as a brother
Each is fire
each is a must
of humanity
Each a message of mire
going back and forth
with many thoughts
Each an emotional ride
on a wave of everyday tides
The surging of the sea above
underpinning the deep ocean
where all is silent
without any motions
Which is worse
which is stronger
The blanket of words
does cover all that is adverse
Love and hate
can co exist in one space
each having a turn
as emotions overpower
one over the other
So better
to understand
how and why
hate begets love
and love can
beget hate
in a soul
How learning to love
and being loved
is every human’s desire
which can begin with admire
Hate or love
is always more
then indifference
a flexible intermittence
© 2019, Destiny Rose
Used by Permission
WATERFALL
By her waterfall
she sits
Drenched in its mist
Covering her
body
She can feel
it’s droplets
on her hot skin
Each one
a lingering tender kiss
of his steamy lips
emerging from the mist
and they flow from
her hair to her bare toes
Each drop of moisture
are his soft lips
that trail
And she
reacts
with a shiver
of her mind and body
as the drops
keep coming
with waves of their own
©2019, Destiny Rose
Used by Permission
Dare you touch...her flowers
her sense of self
her fragrance
her passion for life
That fire...she can ignite
hard to smother
hard to contain
Stroke her petals
and she will go up in flames
Dare you touch..her mind
her secrets
her dreams
her longings
That are just hers to unfold
to look beyond as foretold
In her flowers are her power
that she wears with pride every day
Dare you touch
her heart
unless you are ready
to start
A cyclone
turbulent winds and waves
to come crashing on your shores
depositing debris at your front door
that could change you forever more
© 2019, Destiny Rose
Used by Permission
STANDING IN THE RAIN
Here I am standing in the rain
Calling
your name
over and over again
Longing
for a kiss on frenzied wet lips
Tasting salt
and coldness of water drips
Big, mighty drops
of tropical rain
Soothing
my bare skin in trails
Feathery touches
like finger tips
Tracing a path
leaving hot mist
As I lift up
to embrace
I feel no awareness
of anything soothing
my hot face
The darkness of the night
Hides me
in shadows of pure delight
As the rivulets of moisture
Trace
sparkling
glistening
that stand out in darkness
Against my skin
I can almost feel
a radiant heat
that is in flight
Curling vapors
that evaporate into the night
The slight breath
of a breeze
Shakes my body
down to my knees
Tossing
my hair about
Dislodging tears
and tendrils throughout
Bare feet
firmly in the earth
Feeling the sensations
of heat within
untouched
by the rain vaporizing
on contact with my skin
Every now and then
I shiver from head to toe
With hips swaying
to the rhythm
of the flow
The rain caresses
where hands
should have been.
And block out everything that my mind brings in
© 2017, 2019, Destiny Rose
Used By Permission
She lives
on the edge
of a sworn sword
a worn sword
A reflection of many battles
that often turned into shackles
Among many strangers
among violence
and dances
with dark danger
Always on the lookout
for threats
for swelling oceans
That can come in with a tide
of emotions that can hide
Her sword is razor sharp
that it shines in the dark
You won’t feel the cut
as it won’t hurt all that much
Only a wonder
a ponder
of what has gone missing
Sizzling hot
a forget me not
Many only see atoms
Look closer
look clean and clear
If she is beside you
you have a lot to fear
©2019, Destiny Rose
Used By Permission
