Fly, Fly Free Poem by malini kadir

Fly, fly free in this cosmos
Give no definition to your relationships
If you have a problem and I am about
Let me know; I shall help out!
Let me not be gathered moss
Green as I am no fresh, lush emotional wipe
No tissue paper; in your handy bag
Use me; not as a pincushion with my flaws
It makes my morale literally sag
It may also bring out unsuspecting sharp claws

Bleed not, with hurt feelings added in your tag
Just let’s walk a while, along life's road
Bring along a pole and cloth to in danger flag!
For distant men stop work and hurry I am told!
But love me not; I am a touch me not flower!
I shrivel to touch, feeling chill and cold
If I sense passion; I run for cover
Back I crawl into my shell
I am more a tortoise with a shell for home