Of Roses and Thorns: Trivialities

Roses and Thorns Is it the time for Roses Or the time for Thorns? Are we in deepest Summer Or in the dead of Winter? Are we meant to display ourselves Or crawl into our own shells? Time to revel in the Darkness Which hides All Or in the Light The dawn of a brand new Morn? As I am a Man Is not also Society? As Arthur was his Nation The cusp and pedestal of Piety? And he too fell Into deep, dark somnolent spell At the loss of his inspiration The strong man needs the beauty Like the Thorn needs the Rose