RUBY ON THE ROSES

This world is full of timeless woes
Difficulties circumstance poses;
The thing that keeps me going
Is the Ruby on the Roses.

God made all creatures great and small
Hillsides where sheep do rest soft noses;
His Easter love surrounds us like a shroud
Like Ruby on the Roses.

Soon I shall go to worlds above
As the door of Eternity closes;
The thing that keeps me going--
Is God's Ruby on the Roses.

2012 by Douglas Raymond Rose
Member Academy of American Poets