ETERNAL FLOWER

My prize at day’s end never ever wilts

I see your face and hear your voice’s pitch

And I retreat beneath my warming quilts

To think of you before sleep turns the switch.

I toss and turn and stir and yearn and blaze.

An eternal flower flames my nightly stage

To light my bleakest corners and amaze

Just as you did before the mullahs’ rage.

I can never believe I left your side

Although your path seemed so well fixed and paved.

But now I know what pains you sought to hide

And how my pride meant you were never saved.

So rest in peace and know I’ve love for you
When next we meet to kiss and start anew.