Red edit 0.000001 leanne, river grudgingly:)

[tectak]

What I want to say 
is not as important
as the colour of a rose
that cannot see itself, 
yet is red each year
it blooms...but I find 
it difficult.
tectak
2018

Hi tectak
I must be going soft in my old age but I read this as a declaration of love and how without real understanding of whys and wherefors it remains, such that the fact of being in love means so much more more than having to justify it or wrap it up into words. I like the ambiguity of the last line but in my read it appertains to both scenarios. My nit would be a small one about red in title and again for the rose one of them isn't needed. Best Keith

Hi Keith,
I'm happy with the love poem interpretation as long as it is generic...love of anything, including the romantic. Specifically, in my mind, was love of language with its nuances, falsehoods, uncertainties, misrepresentations, comfort, familiarity and of course, its difficulties.
Best,
thanks you old softy,
tectak