The Rose Story: The gardner and the one special rose

There was a gardener who took care of his roses everyday.

He would take care of each one in a very special way.

One day he saw all the roses blooming except one,

he payed extra attention for it to come undone.

Little by little it opened up, like a baby being born,

but this rose was different as it had only one thorn.

The man found this an interesting thing to critique,

as this rose was surely amazing and unique.

Now this rose was able to make other roses strong,

but as it did it got weaker and did not last as long.

After this rose died the other roses lost their thorns,

it seemed like the whole entire rose garden was reborn.

It was amazing and spectular what this one rose did do,

it died to make things stronger for the roses and you.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written 2004. Sorry that I haven't written in a while, this took a long time as it is an allegory. For those who are Christian the man is God and the rose Jesus. It could also have other meanings as well, it's up to you to make it what you want.

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Patti D'Amico's picture

Beautiful piece of writing! Thanks for sharing it with me.

The Đęąđ Рœţ's picture

A very nicely done poem, I love the message, just one suggestion on a line I happen to notice;

''it seemed like the whole entire rose garden got reborn''
you should try 'was' in the place of 'got'...just a something i notice and thought I would suggest.

Andrea Bankus's picture

That's beautiful! I used to write back in high school, but haven't written anything in a long time. I'd like to get back into it, though - it's a good way to put things into perspective, clear your mind, etc. - a great way to release pent up emotions and feelings.

Stephen's picture

2 eprops!

Kirsty (CrystalRose84)'s picture

BEAUTIFUL poem....I love it!!

mell242's picture

Wow!

Elizabeth (bethpanda )'s picture

*applause*