Diana Darby ** "I V" ** Intravenous

Beautiful Dreamers

Three yellow sunflowers
lean their heads forward from the vase
as if listening in on a conversation.
They have stood there
since last Friday,
ankle deep in water,
hoping to charm someone with their beauty.
So far,
no one’s come.
Still they wait and they hope
for the mysterious
man,
woman,
or child,
who will walk up to them
and tell them
they are beautiful.
Only then
will they curl up
and die.