A lily bloomed in my garden

I saw it through my window

It danced with the rain

It sang with the birds

It smiled with the sun

I went away for a few days

When I came back I saw,

The lily started to wilt

It became dry as the autumn leaves

Crinkled as an unpressed school shirt

I went in the garden 

I stared at it in sorrow,

The plant never-

Danced with the rain

Sang with the birds

Or smiled with sun

It danced, sang and smiled-

With me and it was still alive

Within me