Rose Beyond the Wall

This poem is in memory of our beautiful Erin.



Rose Beyond the Wall by A.L. Frink

Near shady wall a rose once grew,
Budded and blossomed in God's free light,
watered and fed by the morning dew,
shedding it's sweetness day and night.
As it grew and blossomed fair and tall,
slowly rising to loftier height,
It came to a crevice in the wall,
Through which there shone a beam of light.
Onward it crept with added strength,
with never a thought of fear or pride,
It followed the light,through the crevice length,
and unfolded itself on the other side.
The light,the dew,the broading view
were found the same as they were before,
and it lost itself in the beauties new,
breathing it's frangance more and more.
Shall claim of death cause us to grieve
and make our courage faint of fall ?
Nay,let us faith and hope recieve.
The rose still grows beyond the wall,
scattering frangance far and wide,
Just as it did in days of yore,
Just as it did on the other side,
Just as it will forever more.