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jwesley
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2019-02-14 02:54 PM


A Rose For My Valentine

When the first rose bloomed
it was large, viable,
a thing to behold -
and yet,
I was saddened
because the days
were counting down
and this first rose of spring
in my garden
was yellow.

The next day
a bud,
almost ready to open
showed signs of pink
tracing the forest green
with it's sepals
as they began
to spread -

Ah, a splendid pink,
for sure,
maybe more,
but as yet,
still a mystery . . .
and the days are counting
down.

~ ~ ~

Today I arose,
inhaled deeply
of the coffee odor
in the air,
traced it from my bedroom,
down the hall,
around the corner
into the living room
where it rose from a cup
in the hand of my wife,
standing at the kitchen door,
her smile enhancing
its draw.

I stepped across the room,
reached for it . . .
Stopped!

Something had caught my eye.
Something red -
red as the color
of my heart.

I turned, and there,
in all its glory,
just outside the living room window,
a rose as large as my hand,
redder than red,
deeper in hue
than any color I've seen.

A Rose,
a beautiful,
Red Rose,
and a sign
hanging from the window pane,
just above the image
that had caught my eye . . .

' Happy Valentines,
my wonderful Husband,
I grew this –

just for you! '





© wesley james beard, jr.
valentines


© Copyright 2019 Wesley James Beard, Jr. - All Rights Reserved
Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2019-02-14 02:57 PM


Sweetness Jimmy!
I do love the way you have with a story!
Happy heart day! ~L

insect
Senior Member
since 2000-04-22
Posts 1014

2 posted 2019-02-16 11:27 PM


Very romantic...love this!
Tender as...
a kiss

LyricFetish
Senior Member
since 2000-01-13
Posts 528
North Carolina
3 posted 2019-02-19 11:20 PM


Very beautiful and poignant!
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