DANDELION

~~~*Chorus*~~~

She handed me a wilted dandelion

Like it was a rose

Laughed like a perfect angel

For the yellow on my nose

Every time I see one

I can’t help but let it grow

You may see a dandelion

I just see a rose

~~*~~

She’s lived with her Mother

Since the day that we broke up

Mine every other weekend

And that’s just not enough

She’s only two years old

So she doesn't understand

But I will be long dead

Before she calls another

“Dad”

~~~*Chorus*~~~

She handed me a wilted dandelion

Like it was a rose

Laughed like a perfect angel

For the yellow on my nose

Every time I see one

I can’t help but let it grow

You may see a dandelion

I just see a rose

~~*~~

My neighbors want to kill me

With the blowing of the seeds

Anonymous letters

Claiming them as weeds

More potent than their anger

Is a little blonde-haired child

Who handed me a dandelion

Trying to coax a smile

~~~*Chorus*~~~

She handed me a wilted dandelion

Like it was a rose

Laughed like a perfect angel

For the yellow on my nose

Every time I see one

I can’t help but let it grow

You may see a dandelion

I just see a rose

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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