Grandma's Rose

Your grandma wants to tell you
In her own quite special way,
That she sits here and is remembering
Seventeen years ago today.

In all that time, you've never lost
The soft and caring touch.
Which is why so many, including her
Keep loving you so much.

I too love and think of you,
As this day comes and goes.
Proud that in our garden
Is a magnificant, blooming rose.

Grandpa, October, 2003.
GWB, Gordon William Bain.