David Taylor - Blue Rose (For Marci)

A blue rose quite rare
upon a thorny stem
of graceful bearing
holding up on high
with a freshness
as to a new born sky
such scents as made in heaven
to revive a weary soul
and remind her
of the blossoms
that in her heart reside
and cannot fade or die.

David Taylor

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