The yellow flower said to me,
“I have a gift for you.”
I hesitated for a while,
But then sat down to see.

It whispered to me, “Come close and smell.”
I leaned into its field.
A sweet sensation shielded me
From the world from which I came.

As the flower cried, “Hold my hand.”
I touched a petal soft.
Even then I did not realize
How lonely I‘d become.

As I attempted to walk away,
A tear fell from its face.
This yellow flower that spoke to me
Was human in its grace.

I lingered there ‘til night had come -
I tarried ‘til the dusk.
I live my life before the world
Just like the yellow flower.
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The Yellow Flower
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