I found a rose among thorns, but did not touch;(cont reading on Caferati)
As I imagined the softness of its flesh
the hormonal buzz
of a honey bee
The sentence "excited me to" sounds not quite right grammatically. Another word, perhaps, 'invited', 'incited', 'roused'?
"Fingers in my head" was arresting; the last but one line "did drink in the view and aroma instead" doesn't add anything.
Cheers
Aparna