A Single Red Rose

One red rose I left on Helen grave when I said goodbye 
One red rose that spoke of our love and of our
life together 
One red rose laid on Helen's grave to tell her goodbye wiping tears from my
eyes 
I came with a rose to say my final farewell to a lady who stayed brave
to the
end
Despite all the terrible pain she suffered and her poor quality of
life 
Twenty years my wife and wonderful mother to our son 
a single red rose laid by me
for my
lady