'like a Red Folded Rose'

I Yesterday, I can never get back- and I have to find the strength when days are black. When a dark shadow comes I pray, going inner like a red folded rose; where grief has froze; and gone into the light, never forgotten and always in my heart, I ask courage to not depart. And I sit all alone at night, where imagination takes flight; and I write. II Tranquility, in a tempest storm- I force myself to find peace and words form, I gather up and harvest my serenity; and from my bleeding pen drips my thoughts with a heart in knots. Oh, will I take a chance, now, my love is on a distant shore? Will I find a man with valour? He is misty in my dream trance, but I am ready to accept romance; at a glance. III Surrender, I tell myself with tears- even when I hesitate with deep fears I remind myself life is full of splendor, as I look out from my petals crimson red. Life is but a thread, so difficult yet full of charm and grace. Will I find a man who gives affection, or will I face rejection? Yes, I can almost see his face, with love we will embrace; and sadness erase. _____________________ April 9, 2018 Poetry/Rhyme/'Like A Red Folded Rose' Copyright Protected, ID 18- 1011-621-01 All Rights Reserved. Written Under Pseudonym. Written for the contest, Ten Words sponsor, Joseph May Third Place _______________________ 36 lines (12 x 3) Rhyme pattern - abbaccdeddd x 3 Ten required words:(in order used) yesterday, shadow, forgotten, tempest, harvest, shore, misty, crimson, grace, love