HeartDesire
(Tiege )
66F
88 posts
5/11/2006 8:00 pm

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5/16/2006 5:03 am

Dandelion 蒲公英 (2)

"Dandelion"
some night, Feb 2004


Legs dangling from a porch swing
bright eyes watching the sun go down,
it's final rays lifting into the heavens
in one last breath of day.
You gave me a flower
a Dandelion
"Make a wish," you said,
and I sent the seeds flying
high above the fire red orb
as if we had heaven in our grasp
"What did you wish for?" you asked.
I let you not pry for the answer;
that wish I hold true
'til this long day after.
Gray eyes now wonder
and still hope for the day
you and I, the old porch swing
and a dandelion were the only things
we need to make dreams come true again.


CHARLIE IS MY ANGEL


mydogateit
(Deb )
58F
1846 posts
5/13/2006 8:56 am

Heart,
my children love dandilions. They call them "wish flowers". When I asked my 6 year old son what he wished for, he said, "I can't tell ya or the wish won't come true. But you already know, Mom. I just want to be wif you." (we have shared custody and half his life has to be spent with his angry father)


swallowtsui 51F
1431 posts
5/12/2006 9:03 pm

HD

I see more truth and love in yr dandelion than their roses. The dandelion's wish and dream, not a PEST CAN WIPE AWAY.

Thank you for your own poem and Ed's, it forms a good duet.