The color red the symbol of love <br />White for purity <br />Shades mixed together creating pink <br />The words combined meaning true love <br /> <br />A vase with two dozen long stemmed beauties <br />Adding tiger lilies to represent their passion <br />A gift of thoughtfulness to the one he admired <br />Tears of joyous sadness fell upon a single rose <br /> <br />For she knew in her heart <br />It could never be <br />His life so different <br />The miles would never meet <br /> <br />Capturing still beauty on paper <br />Pressing a single pink rose between her favorite love sonnets <br />Faded years but the memory lingered <br />Joyous tear now a deep sigh <br /> <br />She reflects on the withered rose <br />and turns the pages of paper memories <br />Knowing once in her life she had been loved <br /> Even if just for a time<br /><br />Patricia Gale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/joyous-tear/
