Late,late roses on the ancient barn

Once you drove me out to that old Farm
Before the Crab had caught us in its claws
We saw late roses on the ancient barn

We saw cars faraway like ants that swarm
Late October, nature takes a pause
Once you drove me out to that old Farm

What are the new lessons I have learned?
That cancer  changes lives,oh, what we saw
The late, late roses on the ancient barn

Grace is freely give, it is not earned
The  fingers of the clock   move with  time’s  laws
Once you drove me out to that old Farm

Take what’s offered, even though you yearn
For  other people, love, and  holy awe
 Become  the late rose on   this ancient barn

As we wander  here, no doubts can gnaw
Nor the tiger slash us with his claws
Love once   took  us out to that old Farm
We  worshipped roses on the ancient barn