DEEP POETRY

RED ROSES

RED ROSES --<*

HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE

YOUR COLOUR SPEAKS OF SO MUCH

THE BLOOD FROM ALL THE WARS 

I SEE WHEN ON YOUR PETALS I TOUCH

YOU START FROM SO SMALL

AND GROW IN SUCH A WONDER

YOU HAVE A BEAUTY ABOVE ALL

THAT DRIVES OUR MINDS HONDER.

YOU ARE THERE WHEN WE JOIN,

AND THERE WHEN WE PART

ON YOU WE WISH WITH OUR LAST COIN;

FOR YOU WILL BE IN OUR HEART.

YOU SPEAK OF WHEN WE RISE,

FOR YOU ROSE US UP,

WITH THAT FRAGRANCE WE CAN'T DESPISE

IN THE MORNING WE SMELL YOUR SUNRISE.

YOU ARE SO FRESH WHEN YOU BLOOM,

AND SO DRY WHEN YOU LIE

YOU LIVEN YOUR TOMB

YOU COMFORT OUR PEOPLE AFTER WE DIE.

YOUR LIFE YOU GIVE TO GIVE US LIFE,

AND YOU LOOK JUST AS GOOD;

WHEN A MAN TAKES HIS WIFE

TO BE LIKE YOU, I WISH I COULD.

YOUR THERE WHEN WE PART,

YOUR THERE WHEN WE START.

YOUR THERE WHEN WE END

OH MY RED ROSES YOUR MY DEAREST FRIEND!