PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

Mari Vought

Bio Sci 104

Project

11/13/06





Wildflowers blowing in the wind

They make me think it's summertime again

It takes me back to that place

And I feel a smile come to my face

Back when I'd run through cornfields so tall

They were amazing to me when I was so small

The tulips on the side of the home

I'd help Mom plant the bulbs so she wasn't alone

The sunflowers shining in our garden

Brought love to mind and all i wanted

I claimed if someone brought me a bouqet

They'd win my heart forever that day

That day is yet to come

But still plants remind me of my younger fun

My dad beaming about his growing tomatoes

Asking if i'd help him make salsa later

When they were all grown as well as the onions

So i'd chop them up and he knew i loved it

I loved to spend those moments with my dad

He'd teach me so much without knowing he had

My siblings and I used to run the fields all the time

Picking up dandelions and saying a silly rhyme

“Mama had a baby and his head popped off”

Somehow it always made us laugh

We spend so many endless nights and days

Exploring that outdoor world so amazed

I was lucky enough to grow surrounded by the living

Plants, I was taught, were for more than just giving

They give us food and air to breathe

And man how I loved to climb trees!

Humans tend to forget we are not the only ones

Who live on this earth and because of the sun

But everytime I see a flower blowing in the wind

I remember, and go back to that place again



11/13/06