I never knew a single rose
Could touch my heart
In such a way
As the rose you gave to me.
It welled up within me
A sense of being loved
Because you saw in me a beauty
That other loves could never see.
You cared enough to think of me
When the others never cared.
You brought me something sweet
When the others never dared.
I will never forget that moment,
I was first in your heart that day;
The day you gave me a single rose,
You stole my heart away.
Cheryl A. Williams, 1996
