A Rosebud

Funny how you can be lonely in a crowd Surrounded all around by people, by friends And yet there is an unseen wall that divides Devised for protection I guess When all the world was cruel Learning how to survive in a critical world Had my body, but not my heart and soul You said to yourself And brick, by brick you constructed to survive A fragile heart, so wounded on the other side A pink rosebud never allowed to bloom Whose thorns sharp, grew tough and strong That rosebud never saw the sun shine Nor felt the warmth bathe its petals To open its delicate heart or fragrance drift Imprisoned in the cage of thorns Thorns imprisoned wounded and bled its heart So behind the wall there is a fragile bloom That longs to feel suns golden light And dance in loves rain But that rosebud knows no other A gilded cage of thorns surrounds its heart A contradiction of fear and protection She knows not how and begs learn