Poems of Narad

To The Rose

When I was young unquestioning the days
The trellised roses garlanded our home
And though I've travelled long the errant ways
Many are my dreams of that red dome.

I breathed their fragrance as I breathed my food
In hurried gulps and she so laughingly
Rained petals on my innocence. I stood
Beneath her glow as on a sunset sea.

The roses of my childhood now are gone
And loved ones lie at rest beneath the stars
My quest for the rose of soul continues on
And though the thorns of fate have left deep scars

I the crown of rose shall one day wear
Surrendered to my God as she the fair.