Summer Rose - David Hannell

Under canopies of roadside trees,

With sunlight filtered, yellow and green,

I gave my heart,

And my love,

To my Summer Rose.

Love was blue and hope so grey,

Until on hillsides, at last we laid.

I gave my trust,

And my life,

To my Summer Rose.

I thanked the Lord my God above,

For this beauty, and this love.

I stood so high,

And walked so tall,

With my Summer Rose.

But love was blurred in the Autumn mist,

And faith descended, like a dying leaf.

I sensed the fear,

And saw the doubt,

In my Summer Rose.

And when this Angel turned to stone,

Becoming silent, and far from me,

I saw our fate,

And lost all hope,

For my Summer Rose.

Now tired and empty like a Winter tree,

With its grizzled branches, bare and cold,

I’m looking forward,

By looking back,

To my Summer Rose.

Image: Rose by CaroAnn, Internet Archive

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