MOTHERS ROSES BY FIONA CUMMINGS

For my dear Mother in law. I didn’t know you for long, but the short time I knew you, I learned a lot, felt a lot and loved you a lot

Thank you for all you did. Mainly, giving me you’re Son. Your memory shall live on. Xxx

 

Mother’s roses

By Fiona Cummings

 

A rose you planted for us

You came

You dug without a fuss

To us they all look the same

Blinded by the devils cane

You told of how you chose the fragrance

And planted right by the fence

They grew so well

And oh, the smell

So sweet and full of innocence

A tiny bud is born

Right next to the horrid thorn

The bud opens into a full bloom

They can be picked to perfume a room

Decorate a table

They were not justified by the label

As words will never say

Just how much those roses meant

When you placed them for us that day

Full of sentiment

Then you left this world

On an angels wing

With a crown of gold

The church bells did ring

And I’m sure you will fit in

As the garden of paradise will welcome you

A silver spade

And a golden rake

As sun will shine from skies of blue

You shall blossom, I’m sure that’s true

You are so missed

An yet your memory lives on

As your roses kissed

And grow they do

Under your heavenly watch

As you send the sun to us

 From your sky so blue

Keeping your eye on our flower patch

Each season the roses say

I love you

And in these words to you

I want to say we love you too

For you live on through the earth

And Dearest Mum you give birth

To life after you have gone away

I do pray

That your garden will be

Full of summer colours

And, an autumn memory

You will teach others

To plant flowers

To remove weeds

And grow therapeutic plants

So hearts can’t bleed

When you move on

To another garden

In another heaven

Thank you dear Mum

For all the fun

For all the kindness

Filling our world with total gladness

For explaining why you bought the roses

So we could see through our noses

And from us they will never leave

For they are you

And we never need to completely grieve

As through the stems you live

And from the buds you give

All your love

May the sun shine on your soil

From above

And may nothing ever spoil

Sent with love