A wounded rose

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="77b40b43.gif"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cantrell Family Website</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cantrell Family Website"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <bR> <div> A wounded rose </div> <div>  <A NAME="a_wounded_rose"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> <embed src="HTMLobj-1955/ItMustHaveBeenLove.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="77aebc50.gif" border=0 width="491" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> In my nightly dreams I see </div> <div> A wounded rose that calls to me </div> <div> She tells of how her dark despair </div> <div> Has left her lying, bleeding there </div> <bR> <bR> <div> She sings her song of love and loss </div> <div> She warns me of her plight, her cross </div> <div> And to her end she must confess </div> <div> That she will never lay to rest </div> <bR> <bR> <div> And so the Rose continues on </div> <div> To tell of dreams and passions gone </div> <div> She cries and whimpers through the night </div> <div> Her wilting petals, a morbid sight </div> <bR> <bR> <div> When all but once I realize </div> <div> As morning comes and I arise </div> <div> This bleeding Rose, her life, her loss </div> <div> Is the song I sing, my heavy cross </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Be wary of the Rose that bleeds </div> <div> That  beckons to you in darkest dreams </div> <div> For the story that she tells </div> <div> Is your future foretold, your personal hell </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2c894570.gif" border=0 width="148" height="87" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <script language=JavaScript>  </script>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POETRY"><U><IMG SRC="77c5e1b0.gif" border=0 width="94" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="94">  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cantrell Family Website"><U><IMG SRC="77e5e1b0.gif" border=0 width="94" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>