Flowers are characterized by their petals, A rose, however, is more than just it’s red petals. Once the petals are removed from a rose, destroying it’s outer shell, the inside is visible to world The rose is vulnerable, But it is still beautiful A new array of green and yellow colors Thee only way to see what lies beneath is to destroy the petals. The rose is much like a person People put on masks A person can become vulnerable and shed their mask. This sometimes destroys a person Roses can’t grow their petals back once they have all been plucked off A person can always recover A rose cannot do anything but perish. People are like roses, and roses are what people become if they don’t want to be built back up.