ROSES

[pudding450]

RED ROSES WERE HER FAVORITES,
HER NAME WAS ALSO ROSE.
AND EVERY YEAR HER HUSBAND SENT THEM,
TIED WITH PRETTYBOWS.
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THE YEAR HE DIED,
THE ROSER WERE DELIVERED TO THE DOOR,"
THE CARD SAID, BE MY VALENTINE,"
LIKE ALL THE YEARS BEFORE.
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EACH YEAR HE SENT HER ROSES,
AND THE NOTE WOULD ALWAYS SAY,
"I LOVE YOU EVEN MORE THIS YEAR,
THAN LAST YEAR ON THIS DAY.
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MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL ALWAYS GROW,
WITH EVERY PASSING YEAR."
SHE NEW THIS WAS THE LAST TIME
THAT THE ROSES WOULD APPEAR.
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SHE THOUGHT, HE ORDERED ROSES
IN ADVANCE BEFORE THIS DAY.
HER LOVING HUSBAND DID NOT KNOW,
THAT HE WOULD PASS AWAY.
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HE ALWAYS LIKED TO DO THINGS EARLY,WAY BEFORE THE TIME.
THEN, IF HE GOT TOO BUSY,
EVERYTHING WOULD WORK OUT FINE.
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SHE TRIMMED THE STEMS,
AND PLACED THEM IN A VERY SPECIAL VASE.
THEN, SAT THE VASE
BESIDE THE PORTRAIT OF HIS SMILING FACE.
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SHE WOULD SIT FOR HOURS,
IN HER HUSBANDS FAVORITE CHAIR.
WHILE STARING AT HIS PICTURE,
AND THE ROSES SITTING THERE.
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A YEAR WENT BY,
AND IT WAS HARD TO LIVE WITHOUT HER MATE.
WITH LONELINESS AND SOLITUDE,
THAT HAD BECOME HER FATE.
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THEN, THE VERY HOUR,
AS ON VALENTINES BEFORE,
THE DOORBELL RANG, AND THERE WERE ROSES,
SITTING BY THE DOOR.
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SHE BROUGHT THE ROSES IN,
AND THEN SHE LOOKED AT THEM IN SHOCK.
THEN, WENT TO THE TELEPHONE,
TO CALL THE FLOREST SHOP.
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THE OWNER ANSWERED, AND SHE ASKED HIM,,
IF HE WOULD EXPLAIN,
WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS TO HER,
CAUSING HER SUCH PAIN.
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"I KNOW YOUR HUSBAND PASSED AWAY,
MORE THAN A YEAR AGO,"
THE OWNER SAID,"I KNEW YOU'D CALL,
AND YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW.
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THE FLOWERS YOU RECEIVED TODAY,
WERE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE.
YOUR HUSBAND ALWAYS PLANNED AHEAD,
HE LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE.
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THERE IS A STANDING ORDER,
THAT I HAVE ON FILE DOWN HERE,
AND HE HAS PAID, WELL IN ADVANCE,
YOU'LL GET THEM EVERY YEAR.
THERE ALSO WAS ANOTHER THING,
THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW,
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HE WROTE A SPECIAL LITTLE CARD...HE DID THIS YEARS AGO.
THEN, SHOULD EVER I FIND OUT THAT HE'S NO LONGER HERE,
THAT'S THE CARD...THAT SHOULD BE SENT,
TO YOU THE FOLLOWING YEAR."
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SHE THANKED HIM AND HUNG UP THE PHONE,
HER TEARS NOW FLOWING HARD.
HER FINGERS SHAKING,
AS SHE REACHED TO GET THE CARD.
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INSIDE THE CARD, SHE SAW
THAT HE HAD WRITTEN HER A NOTE.
THEN, AS SHE STARTED IN TOTAL SILENCE,
THIS IS WHAT HE WROTE...
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"HELLO MY LOVE,
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE,
I HOPE IT HASN'T BEEN TOO HARD
FOR YOU TO OVERCOME.
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I KNOW IT MUST BE LONLEY,
AND THE PAIN IS VERY REAL.
OR IF IT WAS THE OTHER WAY,
I KNOW HOW I WOULD FEEL.
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THE LOVE WE SHARED MADE EVERYTHING
SO BEAUTIFUL IN LIFE.
I LOVED YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY,
YOU WERE THE PERFECT WIFE.
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YOU WERE MY FRIEND AND LOVER,
YOU FULFILLED MY EVERY NEED.
I KNOW IT'S ONLY BEEN A YEAR,
BUT PLEASE TRY NOT TO GRIEVE.
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I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY,
EVEN WHEN YOU SHED YOUR TEARS.
THAT IS WHY THE ROSES WILL
BE SENT TO YOU FOR YEARS.
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WHEN YOU GET THESE ROSES,
THINK OF ALL THE HAPPINESS,
THAT WE HAD TOGETHER,
AND HOW BOTH OF US WERE BLESSED.
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I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU
AND I KNOW I ALWAYS WILL.
BUT, MY LOVE, YOU MUST GO ON,
YOU HAVE SOME LIVING STILL.
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PLEASE... TRY TO FIND HAPPINESS
WHILE LIVING OUT YOUR DAYS.
I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY,
BUT I HOPE YOU FIND SOME WAYS.
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THE ROSES WILL COME EVERY YEAR,
AND THEY WILL ONLY STOP,
WHEN THE DOOR'S NOT ANSWERED,
WHEN THE FLORIST STOPS TO KNOCK.
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HE WILL COME FIVE TIMES THAT DAY,
IN CASE YOU HAVE GONE OUT.
BUT AFTER HIS LAST VISIT,
HE WILL KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT,
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TO TAKE THE ROSES TO THE PLACE,
WHERE I'VE INSTRUCTED HIM.
AND PLACE THE ROSES WHERE WE ARE,
TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN

PUDDING
IS THIS NOT SAD?

[Andrew_Marriott]

The only bit that threw me was that only i America does Vase rhyme with face.
(we say vaaahz)

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More Irn Bru !!!!

[jinmich]

No I don't think it is sad
It is a great piece
Janet


[This message has been edited by jinmich (edited 10 March 2000).]

[eve1102]

Pudding,
that is wonderful..it isnae sad..i agree with janet..a love that can surpass death..

Evie
Happy Girl

[pudding450]

I could hardly read it for tears, and again even when i was typing it, but it was worth it if you guys enjoyed it


thanks pudding

[pudding450]

Hi Bru, I'm from Scotland and i still call it a vaaahs,but it would have been funny, to say her faaahs.

look i'm still in the proper category, what a poet.


pudding



[This message has been edited by pudding450 (edited 10 March 2000).]

[sapphire]

that was so sad.. thanks for sharing Pudding