Title: Winter Rose
Medium: Acrylic over texture o n 9x12 stretched canvas
 
 
A Rose in Winter (by J.L. Scott)
In her summer, her beauty was magnificent
The splendor of her velvety soft petals
Revealed a gentleness of spirit
The intensity and radiance of her glow
As she blushed a glorious shade of scarlet
Was exquisite to behold
Enticing beauty – impossible to ignore
Passers-by captivated by her majesty
Drawn to the alluring radiance of her gloriole
Wishing to remain in this place of sovereign diadem
She can no longer resist the overwelming sadness
Discerning that time stands still for no one
Her season of eminence is drawing toward completion
She takes one last bow before the curtain closes
In surrender to the corollaries
Of the inevitable changing seasons
She gently concedes to this passage of time
As a frosty blanket of white settles upon her
She is reminded that a rose cannot withstand the winter
This is her grand finale