Love is Like a Rose

A beautiful rose,

Red

Soft

Open petals

During winter.

A soft whisper

To the world

That the cold

Would not linger

Forever.

✦

Love was like a rose,

Soft and beautiful,

Lingering for

Cold seasons

So the world

Would stay warm.

I had never

Felt love,

But I had always

Thought

I would know

When I did.

✦

This time I

Wasn't

Sure.