Roses
I'd trade all my dollars
to plant flowers and trees
in a world where money
has become a disease.
Your savings determine
how much love you receive
but roses, my dear,
they bloom for free.
And when winter comes
they don't complain;
petals fall but roots remain.
They welcome the weather
the storms, rough with rain
strengthen their veins.
Like glass falling from the sky,
Tragically beautiful is the sun as it cries.
Tragically beautiful is this world as it dies.
This poem is about:
Our world