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fresh and newly picked, beautifully simple, exquisitely delicate
it slowly opens
growing lovelier with layers and layers of petals, showing more of it’s inner beauty, its complexity
in abundant bloom the rose is in it’s glory, filled with beauty, full of life……..showing the world all it has to offer………..
the day comes when the rose begins to droop, petals wither, brown and begin to fall, the stem starts to wilt………beauty fades………and………it begins to die slowly
just like love……….it begins fresh, new, breathtaking ………….but does it have to succumb to decay?
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Simply Chronically Ill 
Love never decays. It only grows stronger. Otherwise it isn’t love at all.
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LOVE your comment……….thank you!
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Like this so much!✨🌹
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thank you for your very kind comment, I deeply appreciate it!
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This was so good! Thanks for sharing!
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thank you for your kind words……….
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So perfect, so beautiful
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thank you so very much………….
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My pleasure
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I am humbled……..
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It only reminds me how much we have in common with nature. Sometimes we need to be peeled in layers to know beauty is within! 🙏🏽💛
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so love your thoughts on this! thank you so much for sharing Ana……….
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It doesn’t as long as one keeps working at it. Like a flower it will prematurely wither and die if not tended to
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love your outlook on this post, thank you so much for commenting Steve!
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This is very powerful. I like the idea that it doesn’t have to be this way. Because I am a woman of faith, it has been said that if we feed ourselves and work hard in the way we live, by following gods commands, love can flourish, not even in a romantic way only but over all.
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so love and appreciate your thoughts on this, thank you for taking the time to comment!
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Of course 🙂
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If love is watered properly with the purpose of seeing the true beauty of the recipient then it never dies. It grows and flourishes
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Thank you Stuart for taking the time to comment, I so appreciate your thoughts on this!
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You’re more than welcome Wendi! A beautiful post ❤
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thank you so very much.
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Never, if it’s truly forever! Love is complex. To keep it fresh, we need to consistently pour out fresh water from within. To keep it breathtakingly beautiful, new, and the bloom truly lasting; forever abundant. Wonderful post!
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Warren, I so love your thoughts on this post. Thank you so much for taking the time to provide wisdom!
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You’re very welcome, it was my pleasure!
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Beautiful and no… it doesn’t have to decay.
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thank you so much for your kind comment!
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xo
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I managed to find and pick 3 beautiful roses from my garden to put in a vase in the kitchen. The scent is heavenly upon entering the room.
I enjoyed your poem although it is tinged with sadness. Strange how most things follow that arc of birth to splendour to death. xo
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Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and visit………..and yes………the poem is tinged with sadness………but yet, so much beauty!
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