Last Summer's Rose
Turned skeleton key in the padlock
Of the wind-weathered oak door
Stepped across the worn threshold
Dropped my gear on rough plank floor
Open up the slighly moth-eaten curtains
Dust mites mingle and dance in golden rays
The family cottage snuggled in beach dunes
Mute memories seem to echo of better days
There on the old butcher block table
I see a book laid open to a certain page
Last summer's rose lies silent witness
Although dried and blackened with age
Left it, didn't have the heart to throw it out
Someone's love offering from time ago
It might have been last summer's rose
but held a secret only two in love could know
hug
Kathy
Sheila
Be always safe,
Karen
rege
Hugs,
Anna
John
I'm sorry to get so carried away, man. I loved your poem, but it just jolted that memory from the recesses of my mind.