A Girl And Her Rose

There once was a garden at the edge of town,
Its beauty serene, full of renown,
Lovers and poets have come to behold,
The timeless magnificence of nature's hold..

There i was as a lonely young man,
Trying to make sense of a changing world,
The warm summer sun, the rivers it ran,
kept my heart from running cold..

I saw her then, perfection personified,
The grace of angels among red roses,
To say i have not loved, i would have lied,
she had opened my heart, and it never closes..

She favored roses, and sang to the sky,
Her smile is warm in the summer sun,
Her spirit soars up on high,
No one on earth can take away her fun..

She visited always, a curious place,
As rose bush with only one rose,
Beautiful it was, but lonely so,
With her company loneliness be replaced..

I approached her now, my heart in love,
But she in turn fades away,
Her soft laughter echoes in the heavens above,
fading away from where she laid..

I shall not forget what i had seen,
I shall not forsake where i had been,

That time seemed so long ago,
As i walked through the arch to that once blessed land,
I passed the gardens that she once roamed,
To a statue of a maiden with a rose in her hand..