The Retreat of the Rose

He showed me the light inside his heart

But I know it belongs to another

I’ve learned to love him from afar

As my friend and my brother

I don’t know who she is that is worthy

To bask in his beautiful rays

Or why he merely glances at me

Yet it is she who holds his gaze

I wonder if he sees the splendor

Hidden within this bloom

Or the love I willingly surrender

When the sun from his heart looms

But if it is she he longs to embrace

Then I must concede I suppose

So I with tears and delicate grace

Will close myself like a rose