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Susan K. Rowse

Rose of Cardinal Red

Mirror images and light
Refractions of a minute
Dated portrait inset
Pains are merely hinted
Fine line of a feather
Brushed with artists hands
Justifying moments
Hourglass in sands
Shadows in a mirror
Etched in time array
Fevered second photo
Seclusion in the grays
This woman like a rose in time
Make-upped face a glow
Breathing in this second
Another breath she glows
Aloof and charming angel
Rose of cardinal red
Visions of an angel
Love and tender fed
Careful is the image
Always looking back
Intelligence of wisdom
With mirror imaged tact.