Poets’ Corner: Rosemerry for Valentine’s Day! Can’t Be Beet!

12 Feb Poets’ Corner: Rosemerry for Valentine’s Day! Can’t Be Beet!

Beet recipes: Deliciously sweet and brilliantly red, beets are a fun cooking option for Valentine’s Day. The red beet is perfect for Valentine’s Day recipes…

That article from UCHealth appeared in my email the very same day Wordwoman, Rosemerry Trommer sent me the following poem for Valentine’s Day.

There are not accidents. Only miracles. (And recipes I guess.)

Rosemerry, by Kaycee Clark.

After Peeling the Beets

I resist peeling beets,
hate wearing their red tint
on my hands,
but today, the thought
of sweet roasted beets
was enough to make me
overcome my reticence.
Later, I notice it is impossible
to feel separate and alone
when my hands wear the evidence
of what they have touched.
I find myself wishing
everyone could see on my skin
how my life has been marked by you,
how everywhere we touched
I wear the stain of love.