Some say love, it is a river...

While snowed in a couple of weeks ago, I spent some time surfing the OnDemand menu.  I found a Bette Midler special that was broadcast on HBO.  Bette, ever the show woman, gave a hell of a show.  At the halfway point, she sang one of my favorite songs, The Rose. 

I watched.  I listened.  I cried.

Heartbreaking yet inspirational, The Rose has always elicited high emotions within.  I realize that it is the bridge that reminds me that lower than my greatest good will cause me harm.  And just when that realization saddens me, I listen to the conclusion, reminding me that there is hope...that love is possible.

Here are the lyrics, for your enjoyment...

Some say love, it is a river

That drowns the tender reed

Some say love, it is a razor

That leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love, it is a hunger

An endless aching need

I say love, it is a flower

And you, its only seed

It's the heart, afraid of breaking

That never learns to dance

It's the dream, afraid of waking

That never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken

Who cannot seem to give

And the soul, afraid of dying

That never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely

And the road has been too long

And you think that love is only

for the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter

Far beneath the bitter snow

Lies the seed

That with the sun's love, in the spring

Becomes the rose