Where Have All The Roses Gone? Poem by Daleen Enslinstrydom

Where have all the roses gone
that you had given frequently
when giving gifts came so naturally?

We walked hand in hand
for hours on the beach
without uttering a word

and I wonder where all your poems had gone,
they are gone in the wind,
your eyes have lost their sparkle
and now only sadness remains.

Where has the smile on your lips gone?
Had I drown it out with tears
that now comes so very easily?

Where have our fire gone to
that did ignite between us so easily,
is our love also lost
like the blossoms on the tree?

I wish that I knew how to fix us,
I wish I had something to say
and this is why I give you a rose today....