Song for Day 64 - "The Rose" sung by Bette Midler

Singer Bette Midler.

Day 64 - "The Rose" sung by Bette Midler

       The song, written by Amanda McBroom a year or two earlier, first appeared in the closing credits of the 1979 movie (starring Bette Midler) by the same name, originally entitled "Pearl", based loosely on the life of Janis Joplin.

     "Campaigner" is a term of reverence, not mere reference.

Singer Janis Joplin.

     What distinguishes a campaigner from a candidate or, for that matter, a great spokesperson?

     The 2016 sci-fi film "Arrival" uses the appearance of 12 alien space ships and a non-linear view of cause and effect to pose a question:   "How would you feel about entering a relationship knowing beforehand that it will end when your child becomes terminally ill?"

     Most people would dread the experience.  A campaigner embraces it, cherishing every moment, seeing beyond the campaign itself, always hoping that this tragedy will be the last before a cure is found, that buried beneath the bitterness and the detritus of disunity lies the seed that becomes the rose.

Lyrics:

Songwriter Amanda McBroom.

Some say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower, and you, its only seed

Its the heart afraid of breaking, that never learns to dance
Its the dream afraid of waking, that never takes the chance
Its the one who won't be taking, who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying, that never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed, that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose