A RED ROSE

A RED ROSE ..FOR YOU

On my walks
Through the garden
I had been seeing placards
Saying
'pluck me not'
around the flowers
around almost all the flowers

Except one
It is a red rose
Whenever I pass by its side
The branches carrying
The Rose
Sway to sides
Covering the 'NOT'
Of placard
Which reads now.'PLUCK ME'

I t does not happen every day
Only
When I am
On my way
To see you
How it knows..
It makes you happy
I have no means to know

As I hold it in my hands
It seems more impatient
than me
to come to you
and be your magic wand
keeps on nudging me
to move fast
does not even allow me
to stand

I
Want you to come today
Not for me
But for this 'red rose'
In my hand..
I know you have
Your constraints..
But how do I
Make it understand...

~ Mukul ~

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