I See

I See

   I saw a single   red rose 

blooming large   from one 

   stem, grown   outside my 

   neighbor's   window, 

and I wonder   now, 

since it didn't   occur to 

      me then, to    see if her

lover stuck that   long stem, 

straight, in hard   ground 

   as a gift for my   neighbor. 

I am not tempted   to go

look again to be   certain 

   because I am   reassure.

[testimony]