As I watch with tear-filled eyes <br />Summer’s last rose fades away <br />Sometimes I try to fantasize <br />That summer’s rose will stay <br /> <br />But like all things that must die <br />The rose must also decay <br />When I see it wilt I cry <br />For the rose that died on summers last day <br /> <br />I try to cope with the pain <br />Of losing the beauty of life <br />But I know in winter’s rain <br />That nothing lasts till the end of time <br /> <br />Innocence torn from me <br />When I finally learn to understand <br />Even the blind can see <br />We’re not living in a fantasy land <br /> <br />I watch the rose bloom and fall <br />To the ground where it lays <br />Waiting for winter’s call <br />The last rose of summer died today <br /> <br />It waits for winter’s end <br />For spring to call its name <br />It will be this way forever <br /> So when you lose a love <br />And your heart is filled with pain <br />Look for the last rose of summer <br />And hear it call your name<br /><br />Haley Revell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-last-rose-of-summer-5/
