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  that rose up

  upon my life

  red roses for my love laughing

  and smiling

  like typical tourists happily taking pictures on vacation

  i didn’t mind

  looking like a fool i guess that’s

  just something that happens when you fall

  in love

  !99

  edgar holmes there are still

  so many stories

  so many truths

  still left

  to be uncovered

  red roses for my love do not be afraid

  of letting go

  of comfortable ideas or ways of acting that you have

  let go

  of your preconceptions and try to find

  the real truth

  !101

  edgar holmes i remember

  every rose

  i have given you

  they were each

  special

  in their own ways

  red roses for my love

  !103

  edgar holmes the cosmos

  is as much

  within us

  as it is

  out there

  in the night’s sky

  red roses for my love to know oneself

  is as impossible

  as holding sand

  in the wind

  !105

  edgar holmes the future

  is not

  set in stone

  do not lose hope

  there is still

  so much left

  to live for

  red roses for my love as long

  as i

  have you

  i will

  always

  have

  enough

  !107

  edgar holmes i made a wish

  i wished for you

  on the breeze

  the seedlings blew

  red roses for my love

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  edgar holmes your love

  makes even

  the most mundane things feel

  like a miracle

  red roses for my love distance

  is not an excuse

  to get away

  with things

  distance

  is an opportunity to prove your loyalty to each other

  !111

  edgar holmes i had been feeling down for some time

  as winter had

  its hold on me

  but on that day

  i finally felt

  the precious light of the sun

  and smiled, for the first time in a long time.

  red roses for my love love

  does not tame you love

  makes you feel

  wild

  and free

  !113

  edgar holmes simple moments

  with you

  doing everything

  we were taught

  never to do

  red roses for my love

  !115

  edgar holmes Chapter Four

  red roses for my love My Lovely Rose

  !117

  edgar holmes i want

  to slowly become

  more and more

  like you

  red roses for my love she was the feeling of a midsummer night, the freedom racing through my veins as i fall in love with you

  !119

  edgar holmes watching you

  engrossed in a book sipping your tea

  i’ve never been

  more in love

  red roses for my love

  !121

  edgar holmes love people

  for who

  they are,

  not just

  what they do

  for you.

  red roses for my love i ponder

  the mysteries

  of the stars

  wondering

  what they know

  that i

  could never grasp

  !123

  edgar holmes never forget -

  love

  is supposed

  to make you feel

  good

  about yourself.

  red roses for my love reuniting

  with an old friend is like

  finding a twenty dollar bill in the pocket

  of a jacket

  you haven’t worn

  in a while

  !125

  edgar holmes i traced my hand

  along the glass

  feeling the cold chill of the outside air held back

  by this thin sheet i smiled

  breathing in

  the petrichor

  red roses for my love

  !127

  edgar holmes be patient

  with yourself

  learning self love can be

  a long

  and difficult

  process

  red roses for my love don’t just hear her when she speaks

  listen.

  !129

  edgar holmes do not forget

  that even though

  it doesn’t seem like it sometimes

  there are still

  good people

  left

  in this dark world

  red roses for my love as long as you love each other fearlessly, unafraid to be tested and to fight for what you have, everything will turn out okay.

  !131

  edgar holmes we had only been dating two weeks at the time you suggested we go skinny dipping

  down by the beach as i saw you

  getting in

  to the water

  i realized

  you were so, so

  out of my league

  red roses for my love

  !133

  edgar holmes no matter the temptations you will always be the only one

  i want

  red roses for my love we

  were destined

  for one another

  there is no

  doubt

  in my mind

  !135

  edgar holmes you are strong enough for the life

  you live

  red roses for my love everyone else

  is just a shadow

  of the real thing you

  are the only one

  who matters

  !137

  edgar holmes she loves me

  she loves me not

  the petals

  fall to the floor

  red roses for my love

  !139

  edgar holmes your strength

  to overcome

  every difficulty

  is so much

  greater

  than you know

  red roses for my love being with you

  isn’t just about

  not being alone

  it’s so much more than that

  being with you

  brings out

  the best

  in me

  !141

  edgar holmes you

  are so full of giving so willing

  to be a good person but there is a limit to how much

  you can give

  just as you cannot give too much blood without dying

  red roses for my love toxic people will eat away at the fabric of your soul; they will corrode even the shiniest surface into rust.

  !143

  edgar holmes the joyous moment a caterpillar

  turns into

  a butterfly

  you will have this moment too

  one day

  red roses for my love

  !145

  edgar holmes do not let anyone enter your life

  who believes

  that treating you with the respect

  and loyalty

  you deserve

  is merely

  optional

  red roses for my love you are such a lovely person glowing with lo
ve some people just want to sit in your light and soak it up

  without ever giving anything back

  !147

  edgar holmes you may feel

  like you

  are nothing special but one day

  the one for you

  will look at you

  and see

  everything

  they were waiting all their life for

  red roses for my love be forgiving

  but not a pushover be strong

  but not arrogant

  be loving

  but keep your standards

  !149

  edgar holmes her eyes-you could spend a lifetime looking into those eyes and never run out of new details

  to fall in love with

  red roses for my love

  !151

  edgar holmes as long as i am alive you will always have fresh flowers on your dresser to greet you when you get home

  red roses for my love rose petals were your path from the front door, the room dark and quiet save for the gentle glow of candlelight and light music in the background.

  you followed the path, a smile tugging at the corners of your l i p s . a b a t h f i l l e d w i t h bubbles, a glass of wine at the ready for you.

  i would do anything to make your day better, to help you feel like the world isn’t quite so burdensome as it feels sometimes. i want to lift the weight from your shoulders and let you rest.

  i love you, my darling.

  !153

  edgar holmes

  red roses for my love thank you so much for reading my third poetry collection. i feel that this is my most personal collection to date, and i hope that even though it is so personal to me, you will still find some of yourself in these pages as well.

  never give up on love, my friends. never give up on your dreams of being loved for exactly who you are, by a partner who loves and truly understands you. never give up on this life.

  all my love,

  -edgar holmes

  p.s.

  you can find me on instagram

  @edgarholmespoetry

  !155