The Rose

Some say love, it is a river

That drowns the tender reed

Some say love,it is a razor

That leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love, it is a flower

And you, it's only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking

That never learns to dance

It's the dream, afraid of walking

That never takes a chance.

It's the one who won't be taken

Who cannot seem to give

And the soul afraid of dying

That never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely

And the road has been too long

And you think that love is only

For the lucky and the strong

Just remember, in the winter

Far beneath the bitter snows

Lies the seed that with the sun's love

In the spring, becomes a rose.

Amanda McBroom