©THE ROSE IN MY GARDEN

By, Myra Wexler Darwish

(Written on April 10, 2014 on a perfect Florida day)

You are a rose more fair 

Then my garden could ever contain. 

A blossom of beauty beyond compare, 

Loving-kindness is your name

When your form opened for all to view,

 You touched everyone’s heart, 

With a special power 

That kept no one apart.

Your beauty struck a cord within, 

That some have never felt. 

Aloneness was their constant, 

Of a life sadly spent.

I wondered how it was you grew, 

In my garden’s simple display. 

And realized that I had planted you, 

On a melancholy day.

I celebrate your arrival now, 

When my heart is healed anew. 

A symbol to remind us all, 

Of what great love can do.