This poem is published in                  International Library of Poetry's                "Chorus of the Soul"                       My Closest Star               Wary I open; you're a vision to see                  Beneath your warmth my petals are free                  Displaying my beauty you shine all day                  Warning me soon you would go away                  Shadows fill in where once was your light                  Faith comforts me throughout the night                  Anxious I wait to see you arrive                  Just as you promised before me you rise                  One by one my petals grow bold                  Each happy to know your delicate glow                             Then one day the Rose turned blue                         She realized one thing would be true         I will always love you from afar,   I wish to be your closest star.                    Rose, dear Rose....                           Love is a matter of the heart,                            It measures not what distance apart                                                   Sheila Downs                                                    Begun 6-96                                                       Finished 1-99                                              Copyright ©2001 Sheila Downs                                      Have the courage of your desire Back to Sheila's poetry