Do shards of pains past line my eyes?
Are there shadows of loves now lost?
Inside I scream, but my smile disguise
The rose’s heart is frost

It be not fair, the world you see
These eyes have witness all
They cannot know, the ever free
The rose’s petals fall

I have no need for many things
Like toys, or books to learn
Food we need, my mother sings
The rose’s roots so yearn

And with these eyes, I beg of you
To see my pain, so ever true
And with your heart, remember me
A rose; a child – forever free