Slaughtered Flower Poem by MUSAWIR RAAKH

JUST TO EARN A PENNY OR TWO
THE SELLER SLAUGHTERED A FLOWER WITH DEW

JUST BLOOMED, MAY BE FIRST DAY OR SECOND
JUST STARTED TO SMILE WITH BEETLES BET ENDED

HE WAS THE DARLING OF SPRING INDEED
BUT ONE COULDN'T SENSE, BLIND IN GREED

MAY BE A DAY OR MORE
ITS CORPSE WOULD LIE IN A LANE OR STORE

WOULD THAT IT HAVE BEEN A PART
OR BEES' HONEY AND BEETLES' HEART

BUT THE SLAUGHTERER DIDN'T CARE
WHETHER IT LIVE MORE OR SOMEONE STARE

FLOWER IS SET TO WITHER AWAY SOONER
SO LET IT LIVE, NEVER BE ITS SLAUGHTERER