Daisy Poems Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison

Daisy poems float down
From the ether
settling on my eyelids
now that I have lost everything.

Go ahead, chase your roseate dream
it's hard to see
small daisy poem petals
there are so many of them
among the weeds
more than dandelion puffs

go ahead, count your roses
and leave me the little daisies
for I will touch them
with my stained hand
a soul walking alone
on a jagged path
a lost youth

rich roses spread across
even rows in fragrant fields
go ahead, run through them
then relish the abundant yield

Daisy poems are pale and small
Who can count them?
Petal tips turning
from modest white
To delicate green

Go ahead, reap barley in bushels
And roses fair
Talk of dreams and cornucopias

Don't look at me sitting
On a wet rock
On a side path where
Tall weeds hide secrets

Wild daisies do not occupy your world
Nor should they.
Roses are enough for you.