New Beginnings

 Dandelions and New Beginnings   4/19/2022

Written at Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat

Beginnings shine like the first dandelions of spring

Yellow blossoms out of the gray of winter;

Interrupting the greens and browns of a messy start;

First food for the pollinators who feed our world.

Have you noticed that the bird sings a song for the dandelion;

The bee makes love to the first bloom?

They mimic the fire of the sun warming the frozen earth.

And we poison them, uproot them and feign control.

I am thankful we do not win  and they persist.

I am thankful they feed pollinators, shine and grow.

Dandelions are like new beginnings.

Without them—we die.