Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="THE_REASON" id="THE_REASON"></SPAN>The Reason</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">W</span>HEN I was but a little girl<br/></span> <span class="ih">Mere flotsam on life’s sea,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Because of youth a lovely rose<br/></span> <span class="i2">Meant, just a rose to me.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Before I knew that love was life,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And life were all of love.<br/></span> <span class="i0">The sky was only atmosphere<br/></span> <span class="i2">And God frowned up above.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But now I am a woman grown<br/></span> <span class="i2">And know love tenderly,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I can not tell you dear how much<br/></span> <span class="i2">God’s roses mean to me.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_15" id="page_15">{15}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />