Same Source

There is no rose
without the thorns.
The life of the rose
and of the thorns
are from the same source.

A bed of roses
has destroyed as many lives
as did thorns
of sorrow and pain.

So a saint prayed long ago:
“Dear God,
Please don’t make me rich
lest I forget you
and don’t make me poor
that I go out and steal.”

K.P. Yohannan. “Same Source.” Dance Not for Time. GFA Books, 2013, p. 184.

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