Rose Flower

He bought roses,

Every day he bought roses from me,

When asked, told its for someone special,

Mad in love, teased I...

This went on for a while,

I asked to meet his girlfriend,

Who is so lucky to have him,

But, he didn't return the next day...

This made me curious,

Days passed,

Finally, he came and had a bundle of old roses,

Which he bought for his girlfriend.

He said he was gonna propose,

So, I asked him if his crush didn't know..?

He said this would be his last visit.

adding, if she is gonna reject then he wouldn't need any rose.

So, I encouraged him don't be sad,

she will surely be smitten by him,

he said he too hope so,

Then I wished him luck.

He gave me that bundle of roses,

to fill the bundle with the fresh rose with,

The flower he bought from the day he saw her,

But I wouldn't like to bother to see her...

I tied the bundle and last rose to him,

saying farewell we part,

Two seconds later someone called me by name,

I felt the sound familiar and turned around...

When I turned around,

There he was smiling at me,

My eyes welled as I saw him,

Kneeling to me holding the rose...

My smile replied to his unsaid question...

- NAYANA SUBHASH