Oh, to hold a Rose

Copyright © March 29, 2002 by Richard J. Sereday Jr.
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I love roses,

fragent is their aroma, 
pleasing to the eye
are their widespread arrays of colors,
petal as well as deep rich foliage.

Things of such great beauty,
these gifts from the father,

and yet the thorns,
how hard to hold,
but worth the piercing
we must endure. 

Oh, to hold a rose.