even dandelions are flowers

when you’re young
even tiny yellow dandelion blooms
are flowers

and just when
did we decide?
when did we judge?
weeds to be bad
and dandelions to be weeds?

whenever it happened
why-ever it happened

the little girl
wasn’t told

and she doesn’t realize
nor care about
the evil
that dandelions embody

she just keeps picking the blossoms…
filling her hand with
the vile yellow flowers…
laughing…
then running to the next
cluster…