Be Like the Rose!

Be like the rose!

Be like the rose
Give forth that which soothes

Every true seeker’s eye and heart

Like the rose flower be your reputation

Bear a magnanimous glow of tenderness

For such will be others’

For their admiration and picking

And yours’ the privilege so great

When the season so allows

Be like the rose

Cling to that which prickles

Every false seeker’s hand and heart

Like the rose thorns be your character

Bear the unchangeable star of righteousness

For that must be your conviction

To govern the principals within

And others to serve faithfully

In and out of season keep the thorns

Newton G K 2014