Botany

BOTANY

The dandelion's root is very long,
and halfway down to China it descends.
Its hold upon the earth is very strong,
so if your eye the dandelion offends.
I pray you think again.
This is a lovely flower, not a weed.
Sunny bright, and luminous in hue,
it spreads itself abundantly in seed.
Before we came the dandelions were here,
like miniature suns upon the lawn.
I think they will not quickly disappear,
not even after you and I are gone.