"Patricia Dawn" ( named for my wife) A ROSE WISH I wish you beauty, joy and peace With roses at your door A place where wonders never cease And cares intrude no more Take time to look, don't miss your chance As in the breeze they sway Go join them in the gentle dance At start of each new day. Delight in ev'ry glorious hue Sunkissed in morning light Observe them sparkle in the dew To shed the gloom of night Enjoy the fragrance in the air Watch tiny buds unfold For nature's wonder all can share From youngest to the old. A rose, like life, can have its thorns And rain at times must fall But may you miss the worst of storms May all your thorns be small. When winter comes, as come it will Don't grieve for flowers past All things must rest awhile until A new spring dawns at last. This is my rose wish just for you This great kaleidoscope Of patterns changing ever new God's gift of life and hope. ©1997, Mel Austin 99