A rose is still a rose...

photo & poem © Jesús Montero

English, French

Or Ecuatorian.

A rose

Is still a rose.

Captured

Within the bottle, 

Fragranceless

Or trapped

Amongst the words

Of volumes.

A rose

Is still a rose.

Flourishing

In the garden, or

Fervorously awaiting

In the market stall.

A rose

Is still a rose.

photo & poem © Jesús Montero