Happy Valentine's Day!

Also from the 1991 archives:

The Rose of Life

I see the roses Lord,

and I wonder why life
is not as beautiful.

Filled with the lovely scent
of Rose
Soft and delicate and free;
silky are her petals,
and leaves of greenest green.

Then I look again,

And I see that
the roses too, have
thorns
And the scent is not so
lofting

When its sweetness is not
shared
with others
passing through
this life.