What if roses bloomed in winter snow;
their brilliant color released against
God’s white back-drop canvas of life?
Would their luscious scent be encased
in a chilled six-sided snow flake;
then burst forth with sun’s melting snow?
Who would stop to see such a sight;
people doing their shoveling
to push away winter’s messy scene?
Would they crystallize like sugar
atop a wedding cake’s splendor
saved for the one year’s gala sight?
Why do roses sleep long in place
through Valentine’s special love day;
into Easter’s grand triumph stage?
Would there not be a better choice
than between produce and deli
sitting in bins of public place?
Why does the brilliance of young love
camouflage in a wintry life
in lieu of everlasting love?
Should it not bloom like fresh roses
did during first love’s sweet embrace;
still holding hands with one’s true love?
Lining up at dVerse with Claudia and Poetics– The Art of Letting Go… trying to let go of snow!
in Australia the roses are blooming for Valentines, perhaps you should move your Valentines to Spring as we should move our ‘Halloween’ to Autumn. =)
I love the juxtaposition of roses and snow. Beautiful poem–and the photo evokes such feeling, too.
‘Would their luscious scent be encased
in a chilled six-sided snow flake;
then burst forth with sun’s melting snow..’ – oh my, i just love those lines so much…….your poetry is always a joy and experience to read…thank you for this beauty~
I like the discipline of the questioning: each one a strict three-liner. Amazing how much one can say in questions!
a well written ‘what if’ poem…June is the month for roses here
..ah, i think of writing about roses as medium of love today when i read about letting go… but oh i think i can’t come with an understanding of love better than you did in here… really like it… a beautiful poem… smiles…
Some roses miraculously bloom in winter ~ I like the blooming into the wintry of life ~
this made me smile…we once had a single rose on our bush amidst the snow…dunno how she made it..good connection to the everlasting love as well…
I do think roses are VERY wise to sleep through snow. I think they have the RIGHT idea. Enjoyed your poem.
smiles…really like how you built this…the first though on roses in the snow…how beautiful they would be though…and then where you took it as well into love there in your closure…in lieu of everlasting love…got me there…