The Awakening + 

I dreamed that I was a rose + 

That grew beside a lonely way, + 

Close by a path none ever chose, + 

And there I lingered day by day. + 

Beneath the sunshine and the show’r + 

I grew and waited there apart, + 

Gathering perfume hour by hour, + 

And storing it within my heart, + 

Yet, never knew, + 

Just why I waited there and grew. + 

I dreamed that you were a bee + 

That one day gaily flew along, + 

You came across the hedge to me, + 

And sang a soft, love-burdened song. + 

You brushed my petals with a kiss, + 

I woke to gladness with a start, + 

And yielded up to you in bliss + 

The treasured fragrance of my heart; + 

And then I knew + 

That I had waited there for you. + 