Rose
Patricia Tully
A rose blossoms slowly and so beautifully.
Over time each pedal will open expose the heart of the rose.
With warmth the pedals fall, no longer needed because the heart is so protected
and so trusting.
Once the heart is without its pedals and is truly exposed for the first time, it is
then that it begins to whither and die.
For the truth of its protector no longer warms it, but burns it, slowly destroying
its will to live on.
