Summer Rose

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one."-John Lennon

As I draw in that final breath

I know that I am ready

Tomorrow, whatever happens

I'll be waiting and excited

I pray everyday that the next day

I'll still be me

even when winter rains and freezes

I'll still be me

And when I feel myself slipping away

I'll close my eyes and remember

the swaying palm trees, the rigid mountains

the feel of the ocean breeze on my skin

my new friends and the freedom I had to fly

Then I'll again be myself:

the Summer Rose dead in the cold of winter

but not anymore, this time

I'll be the Summer Rose

that lives forever