I saw the last light ending <br />Of the love I'd treasured long, <br />The birds that rested in the trees <br />No longer had a song, <br />And there stood I without a friend <br />Alone within this town, <br />And watched the summer fading <br />As the roses turned to brown. <br /> <br />Their withered heads hung limply <br />As they draped unto the floor, <br />Those flowers there that gave me joy <br />Gave nothing anymore, <br />For through that mass of twisted thorns <br />Where all my hopes did drown, <br />I saw the pain unending <br />As the roses turned to brown. <br /> <br />When 'neath that arbour where we'd kissed <br />I thought you were my Queen, <br />Who'd be with me for evermore <br />Yet luck was cruel and mean, <br />Where once I'd felt just like a King <br />I lost my golden crown, <br />That melted to the sunset <br />As the roses turned to brown.<br /><br />ANDREW BLAKEMORE<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/as-the-roses-turned-to-brown/
