LonelyPoet

Happy Earth Day!

I feel the ground is warming 
As the winter chills subside
I feel my life force stirring 
In this dark place where I hide

I push one green shoot upwards 
As spring calls on me to grow
I spread as I break free 
From my confinement down below

As I am warmed and nourished
So some tiny buds appear
Inside I feel excitement 
As my destiny draws near

My buds swell and burst open
Now my waiting time is done
My blossoms burst out brightly
Glowing yellow as the sun

And then one day each flower 
Turns to down, ready to fly
Each seed prepares to leave me 
When a summer breeze sweeps by

My seeds break loose and swirl off 
like small dancers in the air
I watch them as they fly 
To search for their new home somewhere

And I know that in springtime 
In whichever place they found 
They'll also feel the warming 
Of the bright sun on the ground

AN - John Crowe and I chose Dandelion as a one word title and each wrote a poem with a 20 minute time limit