buttercup

The Queen And Her Constituents

without the wild
and abundant
nothing to reign over

a carpet of sunshine
unfurls
beneath the azure sky

at her command
buttercup and thistle’s
pomp and circumstance

like a candle keeping
the dark, bitter winter
at bay

lupin shared their secrets
of beauty, bloom and seed
summer spread across the field

Shinning yellow
beacon of summer
buttercup is a kiss from the sun

Darling of the door yard garden
clematis climbs up and along the picket fence;
most brilliant and ingenious buttercup.