Love in a Cage
“I wish a succulent love with you,
a love that tastes like a piece of heaven
and smells like the finest rose
in the finest garden.”
Sample of the poem Love in a Cage by Sophie Roumeas
Personal library picture below, in Le Louvre of Paris, France
Act 3.
Every moment of life journey is a gift to all the senses when we share the grace of love.
A year ago, we visited with my loving poet, the museum Le Louvre; after a couple of hours of meandering in the labyrinth of art, lost in beauty, time, and space, we shared our insights, while enjoying these delicious and colorful mocktails in the magic of Paris.
This moment turned into words to complete a short poem started earlier; at that time on my table, there was a bouquet with some Love Cage Flower, botanically named Physalis Alkekengi : its name became my metaphore for the title of this poem.
Love in a Cage
By Sophie Rouméas
I wish a freed love with you,
a love that flies like a dragonfly,
lights like a Good Luck lantern,
pollinates like a hummingbird,
reverberates like a drum.
I wish a succulent love with you,
a love that tastes like a piece of heaven
and smells like the finest rose
in the finest garden.
I wish us to be a new specie
who dares to date
despite religion, philosophy,
conventions—
any differences.
You and I are not staying in the cage,
we are journeying together.
The sky becomes our room; clouds, our bed;
stars, our candles; the moon, our piece of art;
and the sun, our alchemist,
joins with our new waters
to grow new flowers on earth.