What Is It About A Rose?

To a lover, friend or dear one
a rose brings a smile
while the cynic says
it whithers and dies
and goes out of style.
It's not everlasting
and neither is love
so throw a pebble
at the snow white dove.

But on a summer day
down by Courtney's Way
as one looks across the fields
to see what beckons and yields
it's the roses that draws one's eye
beneath this vast clear blue sky
coloured in glorious apparel
red. orange, blue and yellow
their glory is unsurpassed
bright stars amidst the grass
and yet tomorrow they die
while the thorns live on and on.

And so it is with life and friends
it seems the roses are gone all too quick
while thorns remain
with their searing pain
and all that makes one sick
But it is the roses that stand out
they may last but an hour and a day
but it's the rose that stays in your mind
when you've finished your journey's way.



-written by Dracul Van Helsing
Monday, March 23rd, 2009