Love Poem: Patio Roses
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Written by: Leonard Taormina

Patio Roses

The roses on the  patio are in bloom. they were hers but shes gone now.
They have a disease, but still they are beautiful.
  It's the middle of May but it's a gloomy day
  Cupcake (our dog) lies in the grass, I think she's lonely too
  we don't eat.
The phone always rings but it's never Her
they're only business calls, but I remember when.
  Tomorrow is Sunday, friends and families will visit
  laughing and talking like families do.
  we only watch.
I lost something in this house, I want it back.
it's empty in here, nothing is right.
  I know a girl, we talk on the phone,
  I see Her through a glass.
  it's safe that way.
This house was made of stone;'
But it must have been built in sand.
Grain by grain I guess it slipped away.
        I need to heal my roses.