“...Defiant Flowers!....”
Yes!!! Don’t tell the tyrant RAT governors, especially the evil demonic one in Michigan and Californicator,.....they’ll ban em and have em jailed!!!
...And I got nothing to lose but darkness and shadows
Got nothing to lose but bitterness and patterns...
...Oh, when I know you're watching out for me
I look for what matters
And I notice what matters...
The flowers blooming, the trains collide
I don't got a thing to lose
Ha...I was thinking about this a couple weeks ago..
And then...the birds are going EVERYWHERE and ANYWHERE they want to, also. .
I also like the tag “dirt-embedded journalists”.
Somebody posted this lovely poem on social media:
IN THE TIME OF QUIET
No one’s told the daffodils about the pause to Spring
And no one’s told the birds to roost and asked them not to sing.
No one’s asked the lazy bee to cease his bumbling round
And no one’s stopped the bright green shoots emerging through the ground.
No one’s told the sap to rest, deep within the wood
And stop the sleepy trees from waking, wreathed about in bud.
No one’s told the sky to douse its brightest shades of blue
And stop the scudding clouds from puffing headlong into view.
No one’s asked the lambs to still the springs beneath their feet,
To stop their rapid rush and quell each joyful bleat.
No one’s told the stream to halt its gurgle or its flow
And warned the playful breezes, not to gust and blow.
No one’s asked the raindrops not to fall upon the earth
And fail to quench the soil in the season of rebirth.
No one’s locked the sun down, or dimmed the shimmer of the moon
And even in the darkest night, the stars are still immune.
Remember what you value, remember who is dear,
Close the doors to danger and keep your family near.
In the quiet all around us take the time to sit and stare
And wonder at the glory unfurling everywhere.
Look towards the future, after the ordeal
And keep faith in Mother Nature’s power and will to heal.
One day at a time. this will pass.
—Jo Wilde
(no relation)