I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

I sang this song through the entire time it took to make this glorious art glass panel.  The colors, the mood, the song and the meaning behind it, are just incredibly beautiful.

“I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There’s gotta be a little rain sometime
When you take you gotta give so live and let live or let go”

You may ask why I titled this art glass panel, “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”, when it’s filled with poppies. In new relationships, you may see things through rose coloured glasses, envisioning your life together full of Stepford Wife perfection. In reality, what you get may be very different, but just as beautiful. Embrace what you have, love who you’re with, see beauty everywhere.

I have nature in my soul.
It was gifted to me by thunderstorms and cool breezes on a hot night,
By trees moving in their dance with the wind,
By the peep of frogs by moon and the song of birds by dawn,
By calm, clear waters broken only by a quiet heron taking flight
My soul is amongst the trees,
My heart lightened by heavy green.

Artist:
Patricia Von Niessen
Red Fox Art Glass 2021