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1994-02-01
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The Black Rose
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Did you look into the face of the old black rose
When you thought you'd rather die?
Did you see something there you didn't have
Something that made you cry
For the strength to go on through the dullest day
And the fight to stand proud in the light.
Did you gaze into the heart of the old black rose
When you knew you'd seen it before
Did you feel something there that you'd lost somehow
Something a part of your core
Ripped and torn by the winds of fate from a center
Gone cold in the glare of pain.
Did you know yourself there in the old black rose
But for the chance roll of the dice?
Did you find something there that you needed to love
Something that shattered the ice
Of ignorance passed back and forth through the lines
Of color and gender and time.
Did you leave something there with the old black rose
Something you needed to give
Did you pass through the life of eternity's child
Did you let her teach you to live
In a world filled with scattered lovers and friends
And children who prey on your mind.
Then there on the lips of the old black rose
Rides a smile you wish you could touch
And there in the eyes of woman ill used
An old woman who gave you so much
Of yourself while you rocked on the porch and heard
The hope of 'just one more visit'.
(for Rose Meeks)
- Gay Bost