How a Blue Rose Came To Be

"I have dipped my pen in the sublime, it is my gift to you . . ." Once upon a time, many years ago, There was a sweet and lovely - red, red Irish rose, That was plucked prematurely, from the garden vine; A budding beauty, taken in her prime. She was laid to rest, upon the death, of a lovers dream; Upon a chest of ebony, where lie, his would-be Queen; Lowered deep into the depths, of the church yard cemetery; Her scarlet petals, wilting in the summer breeze. Then the earth begin to fall, like autumn leaves; Upon her petals, and the chest of ebony, From above her tomb, where stood the grieving groom Weeping , weeping, like a willow tree. Then the sky begin to disappear, amid that mournful cry, As tears - from above, fell from that lovers eyes, And came to rest, like dew drops on that Irish rose, As she disappeared beneath the earth, there in his grief below In time, he laid a stone of ivory - upon her grave; Etched deeply - with the promise he had made: To love his Irish Rose - forever and a day. The years and all their seasons came and went And a million lonely tears were cried and spent Upon her grave where everyday he knelt and prayed And dreamed of her until his dying day. The epigram has long since faded on the ivory stone That still stands alone today, upon her grave Where from the million tears of love he gave A seemingly impossible - blue, blue rose has grown. ~~~~~ Author: Elaine George For the contest: Writing In The Sublime ~ Awarded: First Place