Poem: Just As A Flower Withers
My last post's mention of my neglected roses brought this poem to mind!
( Best not to neglect either love or our gardens! ) :)
Just As A Flower Withers
Just as a flower withers
- deprived of proper care-
so will love, neglected,
begin to fade away.
Needing only nourishment
- essential to excel-
still, sometimes the price
is more than we can pay.
Or more than we are willing …
more effort to extend…
more of ourselves required
than we’re prepared to give.
So love is left to falter,
to die from dire neglect
…just as a garden flower
-forgotten- cannot live!
June Kellum
2005
2 Comments:
That is a great color - the poem hit home as well. ec
Thanks!
Not sure what this rose is...I need to get back in closer contact with my roses!
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