The Rose of Hope

I would like to introduce this piece to you with the lyrics of a song by Bette Midler. A song which evokes enormous emotion in me, as it holds strong symbolic ties to my mother. Some say love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed Some say love, it is a razor That leaves your soul to bleed Some say love, it is a hunger An endless aching need I say love, it is a flower And you, its only seed It's the heart, afraid of breaking That never learns to dance It's the dream, afraid of waking That never takes the chance It's the one who won't be taken Who cannot seem to give And the soul, afraid of dying That never learns to live When the night has been too lonely And the road has been too l...View all