She picked a beautiful pink rose from her garden to which it grew.
The meaning behind it, she never knew.
Mama always said that a pink rose stands for friendship, so watch who you give it to.
I still wonder if it's true.
I watched this beautiful flower bloom.
That way it wasn't plucked so soon.
I saw this woman standing on the corner selling her roses of all colors and explaining what each one meant.
I was listening to her talking and she reminded me of mama, the roses kept their scent.
She looks over at me and hands me a pink rose.
I placed it in my hands, because that is the one I would have chose.
She said " pink.is for friendship" the same way mama would of said it to me.
I smiled back at her and nodded my head to say " thank you" and she had agreed.
I think mama was there that day staring down at me.
I never will forget her because she was a sight to see.
She loved us, we we're her family.
She loved us, don't you all agree.
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