In the Presence

Poem by Ralph Moore,

In the Presence
Of Her Majesty
The Rose,
We can feel history,
The stories of men and women,
The rise and fall
Of empires, of nations,
And through it all
The rose moves on.
In Her Presence,
We can fell
The struggles , the dreams,
of people of different races,
The pulse of the rose,
So we pay homage,
To Her Majesty,
The Rose.