Wednesday, August 5, 2009

ARBORS


ARBORS

A beautiful rose bush grows and blooms
In it's zest for life it branches out
In many directions, at first unrestrained
As time goes by it's growth is impaired
The arbor which gives it support now restrains
The roses hit constraints, limits and barriers
They cause it to grow in unnatural directions
Through holes and openings in the latticework
In ways it would have never grown if wild
After many seasons, it became very tangled
The rose bush wishes it had supported itself
Instead of using the lattice and arbor's help
But there is no way to untangle herself now
Without cutting off branches she loves and needs
Without pain and years of healing time
Without injuring other roses which have woven
Their way into her life and also need the arbor
But the beautiful rose dreams of days when
She didn't have these arbors and she wasn't
Tangled and interwoven nearly inextricably
A beautiful rose bush grows and blooms
In it's zest for life it branches out



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