For singer Andrea

Given the equal opportunity and the environs
On them the sparkles of life differ;
Some bloom purple, red, chlorophyll,
Others white, yellow, or red rose
While many more whither before they bud-
Their attraction vanishing, their appearance failing before appreciation
Why some non-flowering bushes, shrubs unflowering?-
Otherwise they would flower brown, khaki, violet
Sand grey, mauve, the sun or the moon or the stars
Yet uncountable seeds die before they germinate or germinate stillborns
Dying immaturely like sin. Was it the same with singer Andrea,
Or poet Dambudzo Marechera, dying younger than many twenty-first terrorists.