April 6 Dandelion Resilience

for my QTs

Let my roots grow deep

Anchored in soil

Both fertile and abandoned.

I will flourish

Where others dare not grow

Let my leaves unfurl

Radially resplendent their jagged edges

Catch solar breezes

From cloudbursts fallen

Bitterness tempered with wisdom

Let my stem reach high

A living straw drawing skyward

The bounty of groundedness

Bent by gusts and footsteps

But unbroken in defiance

Let my flowers spot manicured lawns

Beside daisy and clover in solidarity

Garlands, tossed circles

Like nets used to catch fairies

Crown yardside royalty and parents alike

Let my seeds be the playthings of children

Granting wishes with puffs of breath

Life spreads through sidewalk cracks

Despite sprays and shovels

Declaring otherwise.

Take me in whole

And I will sustain you

Make wine of my petals

And commune with joy.

Speak wildly of weeds

And walk softly

Always walk softly