THE CHRISTMAS ROSE

A CHRISTMAS ROSE WAS SENT TO ME

FROM SOMEONE I NEVER KNEW.

IT WAS A SINGLE, TINY BUD,

ONE OF VERY FEW.

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT NOT OPEN

INTO A FULL-BLOWN ROSE,

BUT TO MY HAPPY SURPRISE,

IT OPENED, AND I AROSE

TO LOOK INTO THE ROSE'S FACE

OF BLOOD- RED, AND I DID SEE

A STAR, A BRILLIANT, LOVELY STAR

SHINING BACK AT ME.

I WAS WONDROUS AT THIS EVENT

FOR I HAD NEVER SEEN

A BLOOD-RED ROSE OF THIS HUE

WITH A STAR AS THE CENTRAL SCENE.

THE STAR SHONE BRIGHTLY,

AS STARS DO, AND I DID NOT KNOW

WHY THE CENTER OF THIS RED ROSE,

WAS A BRILLIANT STAR OF GOLD.

I KNELT TO PRAY ABOUT THIS STAR,

AND AS I HIT MY KNEES,

MY GOD ABOVE SAID TO ME,

"IT IS MY LOVE SENT TO THEE.

IT REPRESENTS MY SON ALONE,

THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD,

I SENT TO YOU THE BLOOD-RED ROSE,

SO YOU COULD SEE IT UNFURL

INTO THE LOVE HE HAS FOR YOU,

AND ALL WITHIN THE WORLD.

THIS BLOOD-RED ROSE I SENT TO YOU,

REPRESENTS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD."

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