FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

i have a flower in my garden
it is ordinary too
it is fenced as though
special
as i have treated it to be
so

it smells like a fish
and wants to have scales
it dreams of the sea
but it will never have fins
ordinary people pass by the garden
and identifies with its dreams
someone is asking
if i am willing to give it away
like your pet bird
i, too, can't, even if it is not
as significant as the moon and
stars
i have a flower in my garden
and it shall die with me too
no one will miss us
and too, we will be forgotten
but it will always be a flower in
my garden
which i have not shared with
anyone
this flower is ordinary but it
will never trust anyone
but me.