I birthed one flower
just one
and I was so proud
I wore it everyday
in sun and in cloud
like my crowned jewel it lay.

you saw it one day.
loved it and promised to stay.
I warned you
that flower is the only part of me
I can display
without any shame due.

you refused to listen to reality
thought beauty to be internal and steady
never understood the meaning of 'ready'

so I wasn't surprised
when you said you didn't know
what to do when that flower died.
I had nothing but ugly emptiness to show

as expected, you left.
thought my flower to be my craft.
I just laughed silently inside
only if you were the one to decide!

seasons pass by
one by one
sizzling summer, restless rain
wasteful winter. my wait was fun.
another spring, another flower
better, brighter, bigger.
another youth just like you got attracted
as usual- not to me, to my flower.
compared to you, she is prettier.