A Single Flower

What is held in a single flower,
The reddest rose,
Is love, and peace, and eternity;
What a single flower can show,
A dozen can show no more, only hide.

What is held in a single flower,
Again a rose,
Is innocence, and courage, and devotion;
What a single flower can do,
A dozen can do no more, but undo.

The beauty of a single flower,
The grace unmeaning;
The gesture of a single flower,
The unspoken meaning.