One Rose
A Fontanelle
H. W. Bryce
Pop-pop-pop-pop
And three men fall
Pop-pop-pop-pop
And three more die
Blood paints designs
On the whitewashed wall
Six souls rise from bodies once tall
No one asks why
A little girl recoils
She runs and hides in the park
The little girl sees the flowers
A little tear leaves her eye
She stoops and plucks one rose
Places it into The Book
She writes to remember
One good soul for ever
One rose for a soul from one left behind,
One rose is the toll to remember him by,
One rose for the world, she offers it up,
A quiet wee prayer for all of mankind.
Offered in thanks for the time she had,
Offered quite freely, nothing to buy,
Five more roses in a loving Cup,
Offered because her heart is so kind.
Six red roses for six lost lives – each one a dad,
Six red hot bullets were never asked why,
Some lost soul who’d lost his way, lost his mind,
One girl, one rose pressed in a book, one prayer to live by.
The rose stands for beauty, it stands for love,
Offered, not in duty, but in service above.
A deep red rose can be used to convey heartfelt regret and sorrow.
CREDIT: http://wondrouspics.com/tag/rose-flower/
Roses are popular on Valentine’s Day – for the living; but also for the dying and the dead:
In Loving Memory, however the death, however the dying. To leave one red rose
is good for the soul.
