Roses Are ...


My Fairy friends need roses 
Of all kinds and colors 
For some spell or enchantment or something,
But they don't want to waste their treasure
Buying flowers from earthly florists.  

So what might I suggest instead?  

How about the roses only Fairies can pick? 

There's one that grows in the sky 
On the pink clouds of sunset.  

Somewhere around the world 
It's sunset right now, 
So if they hurry 
They can pick all they want 
Until the sunset fades 
To twilight 
And the twilight fades
To darkest night 
And the black night roses bloom,
Unseen by mortal eyes.  

Then come the sunrise roses
That look just like their sunset brethren, 
But whose perfume 
Hints of bright new beginnings 
While the sunset scent
Lulls you toward sweet slumber. 

Speaking of the Sun,
The blinding white roses that grow there
Must be approached with caution  
Since they can melt any vase you put them in.  
Leave that one to the salamanders.

Perhaps the rarest rose of all 
Is the icy flower 
That blooms only in Antarctica 
In the month of May.  
No mortal who has seen it 
Has lived to tell the tale.  

This roster of roses is far from complete, 
But the Fairies can fill in the blanks 
And take it from here.  


			-- Tom Digby
			First Draft 03:53 Thu February 28 2008
			Revised     01:01 Tue March 4 2008