Cupped in greenery, it stands tall as 'itself'
bud-tight but
becoming unfurled petal perfection shows
in this rose
which strongly fragile returns my melting
sighs with pride
and out-faces with fragrance so knowingly.
Sweet silence colours and rich tones vibrate,
for this rose
holds beauty from friendship's warm hand,
dignified more
by it's message, now fated to bloom for me
as in a distant land.
Impassioned, compelling, incarnadine rose,
your secret so deep only providence knows.
