ROSES     
     
     Long stem roses in a plastic vase
a cut off 2 liter with
a ratted red ribbon 
for decoration

     blooming and booming
red...screaming vitality
screaming life
the sweet celebration of life

     The scent invades my senses
every time I enter the room
reminding me of who sent them
why they were sent
how and where

     I nurture the roses
for they are more then mere flowers 
but a symbol of two distant lovers
to be united...soon

     He, riding long hours
to see me...five more days
till love time, till passion
till sweet romance

     but until then the scent
the color, the blooming and booming 
colors that seem to say so much

     Travelling the greyhound
from another country
another country into my arms

     Distant lover says he's coming soon
symbolic of us they bloom
cherished and relished are
those roses given to me...