A dozen roses speckled with age spots and hunched about the stem;
Yet, gorgeous still.
They lean against the other bouquets with a price tag that has been slashed from $15 to $10.
Their age not honored, rather underappreciated.
They are second chance roses, not chosen by young lover or old lover.
These velvety blossoms lovingly lingered over by a youngling longing for the beauty of flowers but not relishing the price of the strapping, bright-faced blooms.
A rescued gift to herself, nothing more and nothing less.
Second chance roses fanning out along the caring curve of a plastic blue pitcher—lovely in their aged grace.
What About You?
Have you ever found beauty in something that others didn’t seem to be able to see beauty in? An old piece of furniture? A broken down building?
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