The Poetry Corner

Obsession.

By Muriel Stuart

I will not have roses in my room again, Nor listen to sonnets of Michael Angelo To-night nor any night, nor fret my brain With all the trouble of things that I should know. I will be as other women - come and go Careless and free, my own self sure and sane, As I was once ... then suddenly you were there With your old power ... roses were everywhere And I was listening to Michael Angelo.