The Wild Rose
May Sweet May
Today it is a cross-quarter day, and the beginning of glorious May, the month of the roses. The wild rose epitomizes the beauty, resiliency, and wild spirit of nature, thus it is one of my favourites, even if it is not as glamourous as cultivated roses.
I associate this unique rose with five petals to rebelliousness and independence, as well as poetry, for the spirit of poetry can only thrive when the heart refuses to bow down to all that deprives the soul of its true inheritance.
The wild rose is simple and ancient at the same time. In the Mediterranean area it is very widespread.
