Paper rose

simple yet telling, the incomparable token of love.
short yet timeless, the messages from above.
words of congratulation,
words on a card,
a new arrival into the nation,
a new need for a backyard,
'It's a girl' we said.
'Best wishes' we read.
Irreplaceable messages from people I don't now know,
thirteen years later the memories narrow,
a new desire to relive the past,
a new desire to learn what was lost,
back then my knowledge was not so vast,
but now I know that life has no cost.
Paper rose it read on the back,
love this pure cannot come back.