Rather life to lose if love should leave

___ ![pink_rose_macro_by_somadjinn-d5tc1fe.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPhgvEP4ApKphsXc7vR84A6zjZwP9EnQFPtot1bxZHo8z/pink_rose_macro_by_somadjinn-d5tc1fe.jpg) ___ ![dolly_sods_fantasy_trail_by_somadjinn-db5m33j (1).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTe9csJvAHB3t4FAnPWTXXLBNcTeQUYy2nBjTFBA8iA1R/dolly_sods_fantasy_trail_by_somadjinn-db5m33j%20(1).jpg) ___ If love should leave thus so my life would fade A withered husk of hale and hearty bloom That formerly in paradise was laid, A knitted rose on lap of living's loom. Yet if that life should leave for lack of love, New vehicle of stars would I assume. For loving's lack my coremost will would shove Preparing me, a smiling cosmic groom. And when to void I'd wed would be divined By parallax of seasons past and come. The glorious prospect of our souls combined Erasing memory of my roselike thumb. No flower I but that which burns to ash, Divorced from life, remain in loving gash. ___ ![dolly_sods_fantasy_trail_by_somadjinn-db5m33j (2).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRuwDPb9zvmh5q1aCozUz5mWtTqyFKL1WKRadTqoJk5KF/dolly_sods_fantasy_trail_by_somadjinn-db5m33j%20(2).jpg) ___ ![dolly_sods_fantasy_trail_by_somadjinn-db5m33j.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNU8RtwZ82cYqPo3hZkySvi4HRPYd9fj8zUferiebPTcL/dolly_sods_fantasy_trail_by_somadjinn-db5m33j.jpg) ___ ![sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk (3).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTJp14aUfzXbtgcmx95hesRD1tMLuyw9gGjHvsbNcGtGn/sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk%20(3).jpg) ___ If delicate in heart, then rough in eyes, A sapling scarred, enlarged by life, enflamed. A gruff exterior a fine disguise For youthly fears and aspirance unaimed. Or bullseye chance may shift erratically, Or ponderance of stiff age mayhaps distort Or warbling inner voice emphatically Declare excuse in endless loud retort. But babe and man smooth shift in one accord, Outside of time in sacred vessel swift. And reconciling grace their joint afford The paradox of living weight to lift. So loft from hence, so left behind a life Which now appears but emptiness and strife. ___ ![sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk (4).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQLZEWBJ95c37knt89Qnby5eabmF6Be36e14P8hUXsDm7/sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk%20(4).jpg) ___ ![cosmic_rose___free_premade_stock_by_somadjinn-d7yk2rx.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQqABgsspvx53RPqeo8Q3Z1XUPsrC8hDySV8yL1BLGhWe/cosmic_rose___free_premade_stock_by_somadjinn-d7yk2rx.jpg) ___ ![sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk (2).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcgTo6Pkx5gGqoFFgk3nC8BSUN13YQRZKtPtb1RiE2Y2r/sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk%20(2).jpg)![sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk (6).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUfmkXExoUmLPfWPLP67Xgoyw4boyXrSd5Hqq7rJcMubU/sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk%20(6).jpg) ___

Poetry by @d-pend 11/28/17 . Photography by [somadjinn](https://somadjinn.deviantart.com/gallery/)

. **[1 — "Pink Rose Macro"](https://www.deviantart.com/art/Pink-Rose-Macro-351601466) [2 — "Dolly Sods Fantasy Trail"](https://somadjinn.deviantart.com/art/Dolly-Sods-Fantasy-Trail-674556463) [3 — "Cosmic Rose"](https://somadjinn.deviantart.com/art/Cosmic-Rose-Free-Premade-Stock-481306893) [4 — "Sapphire Sanctuary"](https://somadjinn.deviantart.com/art/Sapphire-Sanctuary-Free-High-Res-HDR-Stock-451992656)** ___ ![sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk (5).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeexehrWhjXJC4Chbp9ZAVqYkzWozeKDA8bXKkguLRVEo/sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk%20(5).jpg) ![sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk (1).jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQnuv8dGiHbn26SWB2LdZ3vxgjpPxMeo4vcfmggw56A9j/sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk%20(1).jpg) ___ ![sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmX9uZwARSmNjbixRF8FSGRHSc57BH6xV8DmeFA4Wq3bSV/sapphire_sanctuary___free_high_res_hdr_stock_by_somadjinn-d7h3rrk.jpg)