A Rose Grows

A Rose Grows

A rose grows in the garden
How delicate, they concur
How elegantly, quietly
The rose grows in the garden

Plucked from obscurity
Exploited for its unmistakable, unshakable beauty
The rose sits patiently, longingly, fadingly
Waiting for its highest bidder

Others come and go
The rose grows older, frailer, angrier
Thorns grow on the rose that once grew
Delicately, elegantly, quietly
In the Garden