Rose to Nose

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This is as close to a tribute to Rich(ard Wayne) Mullins as I'll get. I was in church one day and just thought about those who have gone before us. Rich came to mind, but more so, what if I were the guy in a casket, in a service...what would people think or say? What would my thoughts be...and Rich had a song with words about ascending in a firey chariot like Elijah.

Rose to Nose

Lying there, so quiet and still,
  breathing softly, obedient to God’s will,
his one great desire,
  ascend in a chariot of fire.

While waiting, the world passed by,
  in his mind, miles away and miles high,
sweet smelling memories he knows,
  one last breathe – rose to nose.

Fragrant, pungent, sweet as can be,
  none other as sweet, as He,
mistakes and faults known too well,
  rose to nose, cannot resemble hell.

Breathe deep, a joy complete,
  seventy times seven, forgiveness repeat,
a rose is a rose is a rose,
  like none other, no one knows.

Some red and some white,
  love and humility quite,
he left this world fulfilled,
  like nails to a house, His love will build.
    © 2006 Randolph D. Brown, Jr.

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Isaiahjanae commented on Rose to Nose

02-06-2010

This is so beautifully written and like poetic in-justice = some of us only recv. a rose in a casket + visitors..... So sad.

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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