Reflections...

from "Bed of Roses" by Bonnie Hayes sung by Bette Midler on "Bette of Roses"

All the wasted years,
All the useless, bitter tears
If I'd known I'd have stopped it at the start.
I knew life was long
And I knew life could go wrong
But I never knew my life would break my heart.

Dreams die harder than pride-
I have learned my lesson well-
I will put them both aside
'Cause I made
And I'm going to lie
in this Bed of Roses.

I'm tired and I'm dying to be free.
Gonna lay down like a sigh
In my Bed of Roses
This Bed of Roses I believed my Life would be.

Salted Earth

“The grief rolled off of him in waves. It was palpable. If you sat too close, you could taste it in the air as if he had just finished a meal heavy in loss and sorrow.”