A Rose Above the Thorns

The hidden shadows of my life

Thrust images toward the light

Given time their ethereal presence

Might intrude, but I forgive them.

All failures have purpose;

Limitations provide focus.

They are pieces of the woman I am

Giving incentive to the future

If not to a moment in time.

Each a petal upon a rose

Rising above threatening thorns

To bask in fullness and brilliant beauty

Becoming etched like friends in memory.

Each tear then in life provides the ocean

That keeps us buoyant and helps sustain.

So celebrate life in all its glory

And hold tight the hand of its dream!

                                              bg  2011