Red Roses Bloom

if you walk past,

you’ll see in the garden

red roses abloom

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perhaps, I think,

they are you

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because when

frost’s fade comes,

I still see that hue

in my sleep; in

chance encounters

while tending to

other flowers…

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I’ve learned

to love them all the more

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invite them in

my open door, where

you’ll always be

welcome