Maybe in the event
that I died
I could see you alive
and I would be happy--
with praising your doings,
and fawning over your words,
to have known
I've brought such a person in this world.
I could lie
and say that I've met you,
and you would cry,
me hovering over you.
and unfortunately
it would not save life's time
because my admiration was always from afar,
and you never knew of my existence
but still
I can surely admit
that I've molded you into the person you are
by leaving that note in your heart
saying that I saved you
from ever withering.
Now in my hands,
I hold a living flower,
and as the owner,
I've met my time,
but in this death bed,
I