Written by Malachi Edwin Vethamani

I love equally my
red, white, yellow,
purple and beige
hibiscus.

Each unique.
Each variant.
Each impeccable.

None the fairer,
None the better,
All beautiful and desired.

All I tend.
All I nurture.
All I gaze upon
with full requited love.

I care not
which arrived first
into my garden.

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