The Beauty of a Rose

Beautiful, long-stemmed rose,
placed in a marble black vase.
Looking stiff in your straight pose,
with violets and daisies, interlaced.
Swaying softly in a light breeze,
casted from a slightly opened window.
Even with your painful thorns,
to my plain little room,
your beauty adorns.
Soft, velvet petals,
shaded in a light blush.
Your lovely scent floating mildly in the air.
You were sent to me with love and care.
One delicate petal,
falls swiftly to the floor.
After a week your beauty turns poor,
but the memory of your meaning,
will live on ever more.

Jacqueline Nicole Sanders
Copyright ©2001 Jacqueline Sanders