BEAUTY
I see the beauty
In the melting snow
Grey around the edges
Exposing the untidiness
Left behind
The rock on the beach
Plain in comparison
With the marbled and bright
Neighbors around
The bush in the shade
Of the big one with flowers
Drab with quiet leaves
Unassuming in its place
The kitten in the litter
Who sits quiet and watches
While the others play
And offer their bright lives to me
I think I’ll take that one over there
Dandelions in the grass
Clover with bumblebees wrestling
With them for some honey
They’re weeds in the neighbors lawn
He doesn’t understand
The blueberry bush that
Didn’t get the note about
Flowers and fruit
Happy to be with those that did
Buddies from the nursery
The creek that dries up in the summer
No frogs or fish darting around
Just sitting waiting for the rain
I let the lawn grow last year
To see what might be there
Cute little asters tiny cedars
Wild strawberries graceful grasses
Of many different kinds
Even a thistle my favorite
Wafting seeds in late summer
I bring some of these beauties
Back home to be safe and close
I culture and feed my wild weeds
And visit my dry stream in the woods
After it rains
