Dandelion Courage

These persistent little flowers,

How abundantly they grow

Through sidewalk cracks and nurtured lawns,

And they put on quite a show.

They’re mowed and trampled underfoot,

Yet they still will reappear

So persistently determined,

For they never shrink in fear.

No one can deny their beauty

When a child before you stands

And he lifts his treasures upward,

Clasped so tightly in his hand.

These true symbols of persistence

Ere remind us to holdfast,

Undefeated through life’s trials,

Anchored sure in stormy blasts.

The little Dande“lion” roars

In triumph though it is small,

There depicting for us courage,

Testifying to us all.

©2006 Linda J. Stevenson