The Rose

 

 

He gave her a rose

when he came to say goodbye.

And she wondered Why?

A rose bud on the verge of living

He’d placed in her hand

A reminder of his choice in giving – up

She placed it in water

and willed it to die.

And the rose

sat there drinking.

It was drinking

and thinking.

It decided

to live.

To open up

and give

all…

of it’s beautiful self.