The Rose
“some say
love
it is
a river
that drowns
the tender reed
some say
love
it is
a razor
that leaves
your soul
to bleed
some say
love
it is
a hunger
an endless
aching need
i say
love
it is a flower
and you
its only seed
it’s the heart
afraid
of breaking
that never learns
to dance
it’s the dream
afraid of waking
that never takes
the chance
it’s the one
who won’t be
taken
who cannot seem
to give
and the soul
afraid of dyin’
that never
learns to live
when the night
has been
too lonely
and the road
has been
too long
and you think
that love is only
for the lucky
and the strong
just remember
in the winter
far beneath
the bitter snow
lies the seed
that with
the sun’s love
in the spring
becomes
the rose”
(written in 1977 by singer songwriter Amanda McBroom
and performed by the one and only Bette Midler)