the sum of water and dirt and sun

i plucked this blossomed creature
from someone else's yard

i didn't ask permission
nor did i worry much, as
such things as flowers
seem an odd sort of property

maybe i should have asked the little tree
who worked so hard to gather water,
hold on to dirt, reach for the sun,
finally producing this plea
for a bird or a bee

but it found me instead
because i found you
and sometimes a flower
is a good way to remember
how much water and dirt and sun it took
before you became my bird or bee



wb