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Missy Gruen

I.

If I could be a flower,
I’d lift a brilliant face
    towards the sun.
Gracefully swaying
     aloft foliage lush with life.
Beauty to turn heads.
A scent to turn noses.
    Bending them down
        to thank me
        with intoxicated faces.

II.

If I could be a flower,
I’d be a sunflower,
    so bold and magnificent
    because they bring smiles
    to those who look upon them.
I’d be a snapdragon
    because of their graceful beauty
        and delicate scent.
I’d be a flower in a Himalaya
    blackberry thicket so I could
    bear sweet fruits.
I’d be an Iris
    because they are beautiful
        and remind me of grandma.
I’d be a lilac
    because I could.
I’d be a rattlesnake plantain
    or a trillium
    so I could be one of the first
    from the woods
    to announce Spring.
I’d be a hollyhock
    or a gladiola
    to lure the hummingbirds.
I’d be a daffodil
    so I could be the first
    of the garden
    to announce Spring.
I’d be a magnolia
    because I want to prove
    I can keep one alive.
I’d be a foxglove
    because despite my beauty
    it would be known not to
    fool around with me.
I’d be a pansy
    because they are dainty and charming.
I’d be a yarrow
    so I’d be hardy.
I’d be an orchid
    so I would live forever.
I’d be all of them
    because I couldn’t
    decide on just one.

III.

If I could be a flower
I’d lift a brilliant face
    towards the sun
    offering up all that
        I was
    all that I am
        to the world.

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