Red roses are cliché.
Carnations: pedestrian.
Daisies’ friendly faces look pitifully eager.
Orchids make you work too much for their beauty.
Lilies’ quiet elegance masks a faint bridal whiff.
Tulips: unassuming and perfect.
Later, I offer her the painstakingly-selected bouquet. “No!” she yelps, slamming the door. “I’m allergic to those!”
Nina Sudhakar is a writer, photographer, lawyer and wanderer. She writes about travel and culture on her website.
…Flowers?? Beautiful piece of a story. Thought the writer is a man. Wonder how a woman could get such an idea. Nina’s way of raising curiosity by the flowers is captivating. K.L.Prasad, film writer from Hyderabad
Poison Ivy… Natures way of saying, leave us alone! We don’t deserve to die in vases!