another broken-hearted moment

there are many of these in my past.
here's one:
 
I was young & not very wise, & girls & flowers seemed to go together  
like poetry & candlelight.
 
there was a girl I liked, so in my innocence I decided to give her a flower,  
just a simple flower.
 
she said, 'I can't take that.'
I said it's no big deal, just take it.
 
she said, 'if I accept it, it will mean I owe you something,  
& there is nothing I want to give you.'
 
 
flowers die quickly.
they're lucky.