Free verse

Upturn Dandelions

lilting in cadence

Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash

Flustered in my wanderlust,
I tiptoe the meadow of your intent,
sidestepping buttercups
to sacrifice clover
and pluck a cattail
for bookmarking sunsets
aglow in your eyes,
marigold with honeybees
or burnt blue like crystal
besmirched on a spangle of acacia.

I will the sallow to misfits
when mounting your preferences
on an edifice of dianthus,
catching like crochet
unembroidered to a floss
upon the thorns of spurges.

I, stated with euphorbia,
am flowering with fiction,
lilting in cadence,
ever bound to upturn
dandelions in flounces
of chiffon and baby’s breath
fondling your cross-references
to Biblical horticulture
before I blow them to bluster
in an allusion to cotton
with a fistful of wishes.

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