What Wildflowers Do

Poems From The Porch

Lavender wildflowers withdraw in the afternoon.

It is in the morning that they offer themselves fully,

rain or shine.

This rhythm is how they show up in the world,

and it needs no excuse.

There is no value judgment on their behavior,

nothing to pardon.

They are just doing what lavender wildflowers do.

I think I’ll stop apologizing

for being myself.