PASSION FLOWER

Photo, words & music by Per Søetorp
(C) HIS Music 2012
Picture taken at Karpathos, Greece june 2012
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Passion flower – beautiful
stands today, gone tomorrow
Passion flower smells so good
made for glory, fades with sorrow

Thorns of Christ wrapped in crowns of leaves
One at a time will blossom great
then it`s gone with evening late
leaving loss - still new ones wait

Awaiting life to be displayed
all too short – for just one day
still it has a purpose and a way
just to show what`s hard to say:

Life`s so fragile, takes a toll
but when one dies, a new bud rolls
out of graves with crowns of gold
proving power, bright and bold

Passion flower – white and blue
born in morning sun and dew
Opens up with greatness new
just to please some lovers few

But why does passion never last
for all future – just one blast
soon it`s gone, just this one chance
to show its beauty - then it`s passed

Made for passion, made for now
holds no future – just a vow:
Only one day, some hours to enjoy
leaving you and me no other choice

Passion fire burns and ceases
dying young for new releases
Passion flowers come and go
then they fade - head hanging low

Come and make my day arise
in my own passion paradise
but remind me of my fleeting life
born in beauty – dying in strife