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Red Roses was all that she needed
She left us to bear in the strength of our grievances
Green eyes,
Cloaking red hoodie
She begged,
She pleaded,
For where ever she was going...
Red Roses was all that she needed
She left us,
To go,
To travel,
Long and far away
Through city,
Through country,
Through state,
She did not eat,
She did not drink,
She did not rest nor stop to think
Through storm,
Through wind,
Through heat and cold,
Through land, water, ice, or volcano
Dark nights,
Day's light
Smiling onward, carrying her enormous red rose bouquet
Where ever she was going,
Nothing had stopped her,
She left us to wander,
To saunter,
She left us to wonder,
Wonder where she was going?
Wonder will she be back?
And why now?
Why red roses?
She never called,
She never wrote,
Months passed...
We dismissed that she was ever coming back
She was gone,
Gone forever,
Forever lost, in a world amongst the red roses
The New Year had come,
We decided best not to think of her
A few more New Year's came...
We forgot about her
It was better this way
She was left no where, anymore, to dwell in our minds
Time spun the clock of Life away.....
It had been 50 years and already, today, the coming New Year
Most of us are still alive and most of us have perished
We all knew these were things to come, but none of us expected,
That answering a knock at the door would open up our eyes to 50 years before...
There she was!
Cloaking red hoodie, now tattered and soiled,
Green eyes, bright and yearning,
Her face, aged and worn,
But she had come back!
And there we were
All disbelieving
Before words were said,
Before we could either moodily state
Standing tall,
Standing straight
She held out a red rose
Her very, very last red rose
And with her very, very last breath
She left us,
"Peace."
Her death to us was stunning
Her last word,
Cryptic,
Just as the first,
"Red Roses are all that I need."
And why red roses?
What had become of all the rest of them?
Forgotten, yet she didn't us
With her very last red rose in hand, we attended her funeral out of deep distraught
Among us attending, was out of this world
Literally, a vast domain of people from every inch and corner of the globe!
Different people
Of every color, texture, shape, size
Different nations
Of every religion, government, social back round, and tribe
Different ages
The young, the old, the dying, and just born
The places she went to..
Never tiring,
Never stopping,
Unselfishly fulfilling purpose
She left us,
All,
Each and every single person in the world,
"Peace" and a red rose
She left us,
Angry,
At ourselves for forgetting,
Forgetting "Peace" is what brought us here together
Left us together
To bear in the strength of our grievances
Forgotten, yet did not forget us
One World,
Our petty selves brought together
By just one word...
We gave back
Everyone, together, lined up at her grave
We each left a red rose
In remembrance of her
How she and how her red roses had taught the world,
"Peace" is still here, always there,
All that We Need
