The Rev. Jill K H Geoffrion, Ph.D.
Portrait © Marilyn Larsen
This morning,
the frost heavy on the ground,
I walked in the garden.
Greeting me,
wounded, yet alive.
stood the rose bush.
Trimmed back for the winter,
only two slender branches remained.
Yesterday's buds
had bowed their heads.
Pinker than ever,
their wilted bodies
hung tenaciously to the stem.
"Goodbye," I began.
"No!" I was admonished.
"We have not left yet,
cherish what remains."
With thanks to John Hartwell.
Written 11 12 04
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