Your Flower Of Stone

Your Flower Of Stone
© Surazeus
2026 09 13

Hummingbirds float on wings of happiness 
around frilly petals of pink petunias 
while Sepideh eats honeyed nuts and grapes 
in marble temple on the river shore, 
and hums with heart-aching song of romance 
that vibrates from small silver radio. 

Clutching acoustic guitar with his left hand, 
Tithonus leaps over her garden wall 
and runs with frantic fear along stone path, 
but slides to stop before the startled girl, 
so he bows with heart-felt apologies, 
then hides behind her couch with shifty eyes. 

Stepping quick with sharp clack of high-heeled shoes, 
Eos strides through gate to the garden grove 
and glares at Sepideh on silken couch, 
then demands with sharp voice of wounded pride 
that she stop hiding the arrogant boy 
whom she hired as her young lover to sing. 

Widening her eyes to feign innocence, 
Sepideh points to the back garden gate, 
then snickers when the jealous woman runs 
as she shouts for Tithonus to come home, 
then peers smirking over edge of the couch 
at the young man who palms his hands in thanks. 

Bowing before his savior with sly wink, 
Tithonus strums guitar with graceful hands 
and sings heart-aching tune, Gole Sangam, 
"I am your flower of stone, so what 
can I say to you with my longing heart, 
for the sun shines not on my cold gray soul." 

While Tithonus sings about his stone heart, 
Sepideh in long skirt of scarlet wings 
dances gracefully in soft summer breeze 
that swirls cherry blossoms into her hair, 
long black curls like storm clouds on her breast, 
then twirls into embrace of his strong arms. 

Wrapping her arms around his curly hair, 
Sepideh savors shimmer of his eyes 
as their lips merge with passion of respect, 
then they embrace to make love on the couch 
as Eos returns with gun in her hand 
and shoots Tithonus in the back with rage. 

"I promised you life forever with me," 
Eos snarls as blood fountains from his heart, 
"safe in the spacious mansion of my heart, 
but you stole treasure of my loyal trust, 
so you must pay the price of haughty greed." 
Sepideh weeps as he dies in her arms.