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.
