The Mammillaria Cactus

Waited and waited with bated breath,

Half-day spent, longingly on the terrace,

Just as this one of beauty-cactus,

Began to unfurl its mauve 'n white wings,

Entranced, stand and stare, stand 'n stare...

I remembered, and when clicked,

The mauve pin-heads 'n petals unfurled !!

Of this Mammilaria cactus.