The Garden of Eden

 

Bet t’was what seemed like yet another busy day during spring that year

Under the glowing petals crawled a shiny lady bug, bright, happy and clear

Must have seen a rent-board on the flower so it thought it could unleash its lineage

Must have come there again to relive and not relieve yesterday’s heartbreak

Yesterday was yesterday and it decided it wants to crawl on without a break

Butterflies fluttering their flap-flaps, here, there, everywhere

Esoteric they are, sucking sweetness through their proboscis

Articulate as they are, they look like a crowd rather than a swarm

Reality as usual is a prick ‘cos the story’s different here

That one ugly butterfly knew it’d be alone if it spoke the truth.

It’d be happy in a paradise made of plaster of Paris if it knew how to lie.

But loneliness was its only companion either ways. 

So....

It sang its song of pain and despair, for it was in love with the dandelion

The dandelion was truly, madly, deeply in love with the Butterfly too

They had planned so much, even thought of doing a world trip!!

Two different species and the universe conspired to bring unison

Just like the flip-side of a coin and the dark-side of the moon,

Every conspiracy inflicts pain and results in death and separation

They loved each other but never understood each other.

Love knows no bounds and needs no language said some ageing oaf

Well, no sire, it's always bound and needs two people on the same page

The duo fought most odds, yet, never could understand each other

Time is a dick, never united him and her, let alone fulfilling their plans

The separation gagged the butterfly and killed his true self in time

He was the swift one who could dodge swatters and researchers

Haha!! But he couldn’t dodge love, could he?

His clan wished he returned to where he claimed he was from

But he wanted to challenge what humans called ‘Love kills’

Impervious to emotions, he fell for it

Love thrills but also kills, in THE.......

....GARDEN of EDEN

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rohit