And did lips open to the smile
 The heart beat fast to wend its course
 Then message feelings for the while
 To minds' base, the power-force.
 Rational be the effective mind
 A rose-bud closed to loves' call
 Think it out and rationality find
 A doubt, the rose is no rose at all
 Who love's the lover is the fool
 Cruel Thomas has a mind off-put
 Heat the rose but keep it cool
 Stead the pace for what's afoot
 Ever contemplatewhat is felt
 Gives cooling time to blazing heat
 Think about a heart in melt
 In a moments' time is defeat
 Love is snatched, tightly clasped
 No mind can override the heart
 Rose is crushed if tightly grasped
 If mental hesitence acts a part
 The open rose is born to scent
 Each petals' bloom has no thought
 Sweet loves' taste, no mind lent
 Rational fool stops the court
 One phones' ring had the feel
 Stopping thought and action all
 Love listened and made a meal
 Gone was mind in one brief call! 
 Red-rose blossomed in loves earth
 Quick mind was dimmed to heart
 A field of roses was love worth
 When rational thorn took depart!