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I saw a rose

I saw a rose

A gift

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Louise Hallam
Aug 05, 2023
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I saw a rose
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Today I saw a rose.

I did not expect to see.

It arrived without ceremony, without warning, without a fanfare.

I assumed that it had gone, no evidence was there that it would return.

A gift, a token, replanted to give it space to grow. I don’t remember it dying, but it was no longer there.

It sat quietly, but it’s sound stopped me in my tracks.

“Hello?” I enqu…

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