The Rose Garden at Historic Shinn Park in Fremont California: Part 2

In part one of our stroll through the Shinn Park rose garden, I mentioned that my mother was allergic to roses growing up. Despite that, I have always maintained a huge respect for the flowers that I have heard called "weeds with pretty flowers". I don't especially like the thorns that most rose bushes come with (one of the reasons that I don't have many growing in my own yard), but I do have to admit that roses have to be one of the most spectacular species of flowers on the planet. In no other species can I think of such a broad and wide variety of colors, shapes, sizes and aromas. They can be so different yet so very alike with the usual stout, thorny stems. Because I love to take photos, I have expounded on the feelings I have at the end of this hub with more thoughts regarding roses. Enjoy the tour!

Oh Rose, you lovely splendid flower!

How can you be so beautiful

yet so wickedly unkind with your fierce thorns?

I have only attempted to show your beauty

through the lenses of my imagination

yet you are so brutal in your attempts

to hurt me!

Yet I still love you sweet Rose.

Your dazzling color,

your unmatched scent,

the sweet fragrance of your body

wafting through my nostrils.

Oh Rose!

Please be kind to me.

I only want to capture you

in a moment of time

for all eternity to see.

Your wonder,

your flowing rippling petals

that entice,

allure

and capture hearts.

Thank you Rose for being you

Sweet fragrance capturing,

Petals silvery soft.

@Copyright Dorsi Diaz 2011

(Dorsi Diaz is a freelance writer/publisher, photographer and artist that lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you have enjoyed this hub and Dorsi's photos please subscribe to her RSS feed so you can be notified when she publishes new articles and photos. Thanks for reading and if you are ever in the San Francisco Bay Area, make sure you include Shinn Historical Park and Gardens as part of your itinerary. And don't forget to take your camera!)