long ago
very long ago
a persian boy
named ferhad
fell in love
ferhad fell in love
with a girl named shirin
she did not feel
in her heart
what he held in his heart
and so
he went out into the desert
to die
alone
in the fullness of night
he cried tears
on the sand
tears
that became tulips
tulips
like his beloved shirin
the most beautiful
of wildflowers
