Sunflower Poem by Chandrani Dutta Das

Hours had I spent waiting for your arrival,
Hoping but to view a single glimpse of you,
I am the same old one I was the day afore,
Yet your vision makes me feel fresh and new.

Happily l can smile and spend the whole day
Coz I can feel your presence near me,
But I fear I will not be with you at night
My pain, can you never feel or see?

The whole day I spend looking at you,
Do you ever even care to look once at me?
I know you are busy, have lots of work to do,
But don't you have a moment to look and smile in glee?

At night I spend waiting the arrival of a new dawn
The moment I can see you appear back in the welkin blue,
Your majestic arrival and the vermile of the sky
How can you forever look so fresh and new?

I had spend days likewise, waiting to see you smile back
This is the only dream mine eyes did ever behold,
And my days are almost spent, my departure is near
I sadly realised as I grew withered and old.

And now I know however much I love you
You will never waste your time loving me back,
And one day looking at you, I may leave
But you will not even pause for my sake.