ROSES FOR YOU

What have I done to send you away,
And what could I do to convince you to stay?

As days turned to weeks so slowly it seemed,
I think only of you and our pushed aside dreams.

I walk through our garden under skies so blue,
Tears run down my cheeks as I yearn for you.

I whisper your name remembering days gone by,
I fall to my knees covering my face as I cry.

My heart is so empty as I look around,
I imagine your arms-lift me up from the ground.

We walked in the garden and laughed our way through,
I gather up roses in arms meant for you,

Strolling then pausing to pick a red rose,
My heart is so wishing that you were still close.

I’ll take them to town and wrap them in blue.
I am sending these roses my darling to you.

By
Martha Sue Carr