This Rose Will Never Die

You’ve always been a loner

With your own point of view

But the people all around

Aren’t a part of you

You hold your own thoughts

Within yourself, never letting go

And Heaven can weep

For the child with dreamless sleep

Like a river that overflows

Only you, God and Heaven knows

What you live for

What you give for

But they try to

Take it away

You’ve always been a dreamer

Of bizarre fantasies

You’ve never been a schemer

Of tragedies

But they never believe you

They try to deceive you

Try to take your mind away

And Heaven can weep

For the child with dreamless sleep

Like a river that overflows

Only you, God and Heaven knows

Only you can make them smile

Only you can tell them why

Only you can make them laugh

And, only you can make them cry

Only you, God and Heaven knows

What you live for

What you give for

But they try to

Take it away

© Andrea Coltman