The Black Rose

She still kept the black rose that he had given her,

And remembered all those painful words that he had murmured.

The scenes of the past began flashing before her moist eyes,

She saw how day by day, she was made to die.

 

She had been a simple and shy girl,

Who thought she had everything in this wise world.

But still she felt there was a dearth of something in her life,

It was him, when she saw him first, she realized.

 

She fell for him that very moment he uttered the first words,

And suddenly everything became so colorful in her dull world.

Her love grew stronger and stronger as each day had passed.

Living each moment without him had become so hard.

 

He was, although, unaware of the sprouting love,

This was so pure just like a white dove.

Still something pulled him towards her, he didn’t know why,

Like the clouds in the airy sky fly so high.

 

Gradually, the twosome became so intimate,

That everyday, to hear each other’s voice, they couldn’t wait

Even though they were all alone, they were together,

And they had faith that their relationship would never deter.

 

But they both were innocent and unwary of their cruel fate,

Which came to put their long intimacy to slay.

The clouds shrieked and the dark night sky cried,

The wind ceased blowing and the atmosphere became dry.

 

The boy had impending death in near future,

But he had realized till now that even he loved her.

Just to see his love happy and fill her life with bliss,

He decided to release himself from this relationship’s grip.

 

The girl on the other hand had no clue to all this,

And dreamt about spending all day and nights with him.

She was benumbed the moment the guy came to her,

And she wished she was deaf when all those words he had uttered.

 

And he had brought with him the black rose,

Seeing which the girl already had grown so morose.

He handed it to her with his heart brimming with so much pain,

Seeing tears in her eyes, he wished he could just become mum.

 

But he knew he had to do this to make her hate him,

So that she would throw him out of her heart and forget him,

So that she would live a happy life and find someone new,

Who would keep her happier and as fresh as the morning dew.

 

The girl still couldn’t understand why he did that to her.

How could he forget all those vows, promises and words.

She cried bitterly for the following hours,

Recalling how sweetly to her he suddenly turned so harsh.

 

She still didn’t get to know about her love’s death.

She believed that her patience and love was just undergoing God’s tests.

And now today she took out that black rose that he had given her,

And remembered all those painful words he had murmured.

 

She screamed and cried all day and night.

Till now she too had become ready to bid this world a goodbye.

Nobody knows whether it was their love or just a game of time,

Exactly on month later, on the same day, the girl too died.