He gave
to her a single rose
when
they were in their teens.
He said
he'd give her many more
if he
just had the means.
But money
in those days was scarce;
with
one she was content,
and though
her heart was very young,
she knew
what that rose meant.
When
they grew up and finished school
and he
went off to war,
he gave
to her a single rose;
she knew
what it was for.
She kissed
him on the day he left,
said,
"I will wait for you,"
and all
the years that he was gone
her love
for him stayed true.
The war
was done and he came home;
he knelt
down to propose.
She saw
the love deep in his eyes,
and in
his hand a rose.
They
soon were wed and later on
began
a family,
and times
were tough but they held on,
together,
he and she.
On special
days he always found
the means
to buy a rose,
and she
was more than happy with
the flower
that he chose.
Then
times got good and he could buy
a dozen
buds and more,
but only
one he still would give,
just
like he'd done before.
For fifty
years she kept them all,
with
care pressed in a book.
Sometimes
she liked to reminisce
and turn
the page and look.
She knew
between each yellowed page
was more
than roses pressed,
and she
was thankful for the man
with
whom she had been blessed.
Beside
her casket, crying tears,
his grief
too much to bear,
he laid
a rose upon her breast
with
tender loving care.
"One
final rose," he softly said,
"with
love I give to you,
symbolic
of my very heart
which
travels with you too."
Copyright
© 2003 Ruth Gillis
Used
with permission Ruth's
House of Poetry
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