It's May, So Let's

Burst into bloom like the dandelions, shameless as little suns.

This poem is a little love letter to the month of May. I find it absolutely magical that everything suddenly wants to open and be opened.

I wrote it while thinking about how absurd it is that dandelions are considered weeds instead of flowers— mine light up the yard, and I adore them. Not to mention all the bees hopping from bloom to bloom. Of course, it helps that I have a toddler who notices everything and insists we stop to admire it all.

It stirs up such a restless feeling— like something in the air is daring us to bloom, too. Windows open, faces to the sky... this is a poem about letting the light in, and letting ourselves stretch toward it.

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