Roses Enlisted

Roses Enlisted

 

 

come lift my jaundiced spirit

yellow is a detached heart

love became a battlefield

and I retreated

still running even now

 

until my white flag vision

saw you,

your voice like a command

brought me back to the lines

back into the fight for survival

 

I gladly ran toward the bullets

surrendering to the feelings

immune to the wounds

scarring even as I bled

a casualty embracing itself

 

brave enough

to love you

through the shrapnel

of my former 

pain.

 

 

erin-cilberto

4/28/24

Reviews

[Relic]

In love we must prepare
must reinforce our armaments
we must know there are battles ahead.

many have fallen, many will
but we choose to enlist voluntarily
and hopefully win something worth fighting for.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, we do choose...no draft here.
thanks, Relic,
j.

[Papaya]

It takes a lot of courage to re-enter the battlefield of love.
That last verse is so very very good.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Ana,
j.

[Papaya]

You are welcome. (:

[John the Baptist]

Even a rout can be followed by a rally. Never surrender when reinforcements can alter the tide of the battle.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, never surrender...I agree.

[Betty Hermelee]

Someone stole your heart, though you were running away in pain..., perhaps in illness; an attraction you couldn't resist no matter what...even if love is not perfect, which we all know.... it's worth the fight and the war...
Love this one... colorful and vivid words to expires your thoughts
Warmly, B

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kindness, Betty,
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

You’re very welcome J.
Warmly, B

[MomzillaNC]

Excellent lines:
"brave enough
to love you
through the shrapnel
of my former
pain."

I love this one, Jacob. As the lyric goes, "Love is a battlefield"

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and Pat Benetar is finally in the Rock Hall of Fame...long overdue.
thank you, Momz.
j.

[MomzillaNC]

Agreed! 😎

[JD Major]

An apt telling of Love&War, Jacob!
We are the brave, the delusional, the walking wounded, answering once again the Call!!!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, the delusional...I hear ya.
j.

[icelandicblue]

Hi Jacob. This is so inspirational
“ brave enough
to love you
through the shrapnel
of my former
pain”

It is brave to love

[jacob erin-cilberto]

some of us are brave once too often.
Thank you, Anne,
j.

[Desert Knave]

Wow. It is difficult to run back into the fray, but the right person can make it happen. ~Jim

[jacob erin-cilberto]

or even the wrong one..thank you, Jim.
j.

[emmajoygreen]

You use metaphors as if floating gold dust.. sprinkling them over sights, sounds and spirits, jacob!

'your voice like a command
brought me back to the lines
back into the fight for survival'

'brave enough
to love you
through the shrapnel
of my former
pain.'

A screed minimised to a glorious few words, incredible!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind review, em,
j.

[emmajoygreen]

Always welcome, sir :)

[Soren]

Worthy of purple hearts where medals are not awarded. A wonderful metaphor. Your poems always full of symbolism are a hidden treasure to read.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words, Soren,
j.