Lyrics

Rose Petals in Winter
(MK Connolly and C. Newman )


Rose petals in winter
Soft images brace against the cold
Deep heart in splinters
Missed promises rest upon the snow

I travel down this road, holding on to hope
Taking breaths and letting go
This rose bouquet I hold, feels a heavy load
Petals falling as I grow

Dark caverns of insights
Dripping passages dampen saddened eyes
Small cracks in the distance
Shed light and encourage me to try

This myriad of home, a constant changing zone
Keeping me safe, sending me on
Out here on my own, in love and yet alone
Petals falling as I go

Seedlings of life fall in death
Satin covers of times regret
Decomposing in the cold earth
Waiting for a chance of rebirth
Struggling up and through and out
Fighting to show what they?re about
In the spring they shout

Rose petals in winter
Sweet visions of life verging on whole
Side-stepping resistance
Leaving room for illuminated goals

I?ve grown to love the road the fast and slow paced tones
Boosting me high, catching me low
My heart can stand alone, or share when out on loan
In my hand a single rose

Rose petals in winter

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