One Rose

 

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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.

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Judge at 6th Rabindrinath Tagore Awards - International - English Poetry Contest Author of Ann, A Tribute, and Chasing a Butterfly, A story of love and loss to Acceptance with the poetry of Alzheimer's and poetry for everybody. Appears in anthologies in Canada, US, India, Mexico and Bolivia. Poetry in Ekphrastic Review and NWriteers International Networeworld Review. Member of Federation of BC Wrters, Royal City Literary Society, and Holy Wow Poets Canada. Member Writers International Network: Distinguished Poet, Distinguished writer.
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