The Cardinal and the Rose
I bring to you sweet pollen on my wings
You respond with sharp and prickly stings.
For I am here by chance fleeing the crows
While you dance to every wind that blows.
Perhaps for my sake we might sign a truce
for I am like a red light on a spruce,
and in return I’d carry on the wing
a song to praise the beauty roses bring.
And should you build a nest within our thorns
Would this complete the setting of our bonds?
That we might hear the cackling of your brood
While you spend both day and night searching for food?
And yet their hungry beaks would hunt and peck
To snack upon the mites that roses wreck.
So was it sealed this covenant of peace
Both shades of red had lessons they could teach.
©12/25/2022
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