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There is a secret mystery
I wish to tell you my friend
which causes my love and heart
to be as a childs again

when the dew turns to drops
reflecting the heat of the sun
its thinking its life is over
but it has just begun

The sun shines
Then kisses the sky
as if saying a long
and lasting goodby
so to I feel
was my aching heart
skipping in its beating
as if trying to restart

As the rose shrivels and grows old
its pettles crying as it dies
slowly falling
as if to wave goodby

I too feel the torment
apprehention as it grows
for my life
is in the cycle of the rose

By Donald L Holmes
CYCLE OF THE ROSE
BREAKOUT INTO THE PAST