anabiosis verdant, glowing and growing green alive again I thrive again   I lie, in love and lay beside stay beside my love, it’s you   you ring me up you sing me up bring me in and fling me up   my heart awoke it rose like smoke mighty oak each beat, each stroke   your song contrives a thriving drive striving jive I’ve come alive   my rhyme revived your love arrived long deprived but will survive   so long morose you keep me close touch my bloom with love, it grows   so long alone those days have flown I should’ve known my love, my own   my heart was stone as bare as bone love, it shone and life was sown   my heart’s alive this love will thrive your kiss drives me to survive   I am your rose the one you chose thus repose comes to a close

anabiosis (an-uh-bi-O-sis) noun

   A return to life after death or apparent death.

Many animals and plants can survive periods of

extreme drought or cold. They reach a state of

suspended animation and can come back to life

even after being dormant for years. One such plant

is the Rose of Jericho, also known as Anastatica or

Resurrection plant. In dry conditions, its stems curl

into a ball. When blown by the wind, it spreads its

seeds along the way. When moistened, it turns into

a green plant again, even after years of dryness.