Deep from the earth

I implanted my shells

The world was mesmerized by my face

I told them how to love

And how to express

And from all this I came to the top of

A world of happiness

I became their ways

And a helping hand to them

They'd take me and gift to the ones loving them

A smile on their face

And my work's done

They'd leave on the table to rest for the day

Sometimes pressed in a book

Or torn recklessly

Some would freeze me in the cold to store their memories

But some just came and watched

Admiring all my love

They kept me all alive and never broke me off

This gave me some joy

And I bloomed to the full

Into a beautiful flower

Into a rose