A Faded Rose

Once there was a strapping young man that gave a beautiful red rose to a charming young woman. She loved him so much that she would have given her every breath for him. One day he came to her and said,"I don't love you anymore. I am so sorry but this I say is true. I can no longer live this lie. I say this for it is not fair to you that I stay. It will only prolong your pain ad I will not be responsible for that. You are a young and beautiful woman and some day you will find someone that is worthy of you and your love, but that one is not I. This you must understand." As he turned and walked out the door the tears began to fall like ice dripping off a roof top. She cried for days and finally the tears no longer came. The day all her loved ones knew would come. She had finally got past the pain. She was gone, never to feel the pain of his loss again for she had given her every breath just as she vowed to do. When they found her deceased body, she was holding a faded red rose from days gone by.