Danielle N. Calhoun

SACRED ROSE

Hot Chocolate Rose from Maria Pahl’s Garden: Murray Bridge, South AustraliaBeauty red,
Beauty seen,
The sacred rose
Is found in thee.

It has been torn,
Battered,
Beaten.

Nevertheless,
It lives on,
Keeps on beating.

It holds the love,
Shame and fear
That you feel,
Year after year.

This sacred rose,
It is the heart;
It blossoms and grows
With each new start.