Life's Roses

We are born a seed
not knowing how we will turn out
we struggle through hard ground
past rocks and around thorns
others aide us, giving us water to grow
and when the light of the Lord reaches us
we sprout and continue to age and learn
becoming the flower He wants us to be
our colors are different and many
each reflecting the good deeds we have done
the mistakes we make create different confusing colors
but in the end they are all beautiful
we get wrinkled with wrongs as we get older
and at first the flaws are disheartening
but when we go to the Lord
he makes the wrinkles seem beautiful too
we get older and wilt in appearance but not in spirit
and then our day comes
when the Lord’s light shines so brightly
and we see and understand
we may or may not have time to say goodbye to those roses still growing
but beautiful dried rose petals are left behind
leaving the reminder of our inspiring life
and our spirit is free
of life’s roses