Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu~
Timeless Rose I remember thee,
Velvet soft petals,
In folds so gently.
Ever swirling inward bound,
Lightly touching,
Without a sound.
Wrapping curving in endless ways,
Ever soothing,
Through all my days.
Timeless Rose as last light goes,
Days are numbered,
Yet no one knows.
Stay a while for now you see,
Forever loving,
Through Eternity.
~ Rachel Cohen ~
Tonight I thought I’d bring you a simple image, a single rose in peach hues, plus a short poem I wrote on roses.
I also found a few quotes related to the rose. You’ll find those below the image.
Life is like a rose with delicate parts,
With time it unfolds allowing growth to our hearts.
A rose is gentle, so fragile at times,
Like loving and life, so many rhymes.
Behold this rose, quite tender yet strong.
So we must be through all our days long.
~Rachel Cohen~
“They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a misty dream, our path emerges for a while, then closes, within a dream” ~Ernest Dowson~
“But he who dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose” ~Ann Bronte~
“As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round” ~Ben Hogan~
Have a great week ahead everyone! 🙂
“The White Barn”
Up on a hill sits a lovely white barn,
Being rebuilt on an old family farm.
No tractor is plowing, no cows in these fields
Land sitting quiet, where once crops brought in yields.
I come here to sit, among grasses so tall,
To watch and take photos, thinking of farm life and all.
I can picture where children once played on the farm,
Maybe they helped stock hay in this barn.
The strong wind whispers, as it blows through the grass,
Of times that may come and how quickly they pass.
My time here is done, no longer can I stay,
Farewell for now, till comes another day!
~Rachel Cohen~
“Dogwood Curtain” 2
A day of pink
Of blossoms fair.
Wind blows gently
Petals flare.
Distant thoughts
My soul to share.
Far off bench
Anyone there?
A day in spring
The world is new.
Among the blossoms
I’ll be with you.
~~ Rachel Cohen~~
“Maple and Pine”
Let sunlight shine upon you bright,
May brilliant days give you respite.
Listen to the rustling leaves,
Among the Pine and Maple trees.
Bright and green they glisten so,
How we wish they dare not go.
Summer days now halfway through,
With fond memories they stay with you.
Keep this scene within your mind,
When sun filled days are left behind.
~Rachel Cohen~
Watching over waters blue,
My thoughts and memories return to you.
The days go by like a billowing sail,
The nights stay long as time does trail.
I remember well with fondness true,
Of my time spent sailing with you!
By ~Rachel Cohen~
“Sailing with You”
A lovely poem about trees by Joyce Kilmer. The poem is titled:
“Trees”
“I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.”
— Joyce Kilmer,
To me this is said so beautifully by Joyce Kilmer, and what better to show the beauty of a tree, than a wonderful old Oak tree. One that has lived and seen so many years. Felt the wonder of all four the seasons, the dread of drought, the warmth of the spring sun, the beauty of her fall foliage, and the loss of most of her leaves in winter.
Yet, in the twinkling of an eye. Winter soon starts to fade, the image you see here, beautiful in it’s own right. Will soon be replaced by the tender growth of a new spring season. A season that gives hope and rebirth to all living things!
This tree of many years, lives yet to see another, and hopefully decades, and maybe even hundreds of years more!!
