Roses & Ashes

Steady and timeless, a harder wave to ride
Seems crazy and reckless to see the other side
Roses and ashes with roses still to spare
How wrong to never question
To kneel too late, too bare
Having seen that spark
From within your heart
I can only think how proud he’d be
I pulled shut my car door
Kept winter at bay
You poured out your heart break
The only real way
What you gave was sewn
In the earth we’d grown
Where the new loves roam so free
And tomorrow’s pain
Changes paths again, needing all the love it finds