Have you ever seen

One perfect solitary rose?

One more beautiful than the others?

One so brilliant that it glows?



You can leave it on it's branch

Or cut it and take it in.

But a rose only lasts a little while

'Til it wilts and dies from within.



Once upon a time long ago

I found a perfect rose so sweet

I cared for it so lovingly

Only to lose it in summer's heat.



I never will forget

The beauty it possessed

And how my heart did swell

As I held it to my breast.



If I never hold another

I'll know forever that I was blessed.

Once I had a perfect solitary beauty

That stood out from all the rest.