Somewhere in between sunrise and sundown,

Hope had drifted away from me like soft breeze.

All because of something…someone that I once knew.

Personally, intimately, that I loved oh so beautifully.

And where they had once brought light and life to every room,

Darkness took up residence snuffing out the remainder of their light.

Not only from the world but from our hearts and smiles.

You were a rose and you made a statement whenever you walked in, you rooted yourself in our hearts and grew so strong and beautiful,

ready to defend and protect.

However, you could not stand tall forever and your petals started to fall and your stalk wilted.

But with your sacrifice you made us stronger sustaining us even from beyond the grave and helped us to grow strong, tall and beautiful.