A strange flawed beauty caught my naked eye
As if some monstrous beast is hiding near
Where deep rose clouds hang from a darker sky
Now the rose has gone and all is grey
The night will fall and sorrow is our fare
A shattered beauty caught by mirrored eye
Yet underneath night sorrow there is joy
The wisdom of the ages does not stare
Though deep rose clouds hang from a darker sky
Now I see some gold spread unalloyed
The artist we can worship ,love, revere
Beauty, fearless, caught in mirrored eye
Nature in her way will never lie
Yet she can kill what humans hold most dear
While deep rose clouds hang from a near night sky
In the clouds of sadness faces leer
Hallucinations look but cannot jeer
Such beauty ,numinous ,affects my eye
While deep rose clouds sing from a darkening sky
