The love of ASL
Is similar to the love of rose
The rose symbolizes love
The rosebud symbolizes American Sign Language
The stem symbolizes the core of Deaf Culture
The thorns symbolize the sharpness of ASL individuals
The rosebud is blooming into a beautiful rose
Just like American Sign Language
Signing ROSE in the same handshape, Hand Flattened O
Is the same as signing PLANT and FEED
American Sign Language is vitally connected
to nourishment, love, sweetness, and beauty
And it is steadily growing
Signing GROW in the same handshape, Hand Open O
Is the same as signing BEAUTIFUL and SUN
Just like a rose depends on the Sun
As the Sun brings the American Sign Language
To the ASL community alive!
There ASL Rose is.
The love of ASL
Forever

- Written by the ASL Rose Co-Owners, 2004