Sciences Participating with Arts & Culture in Education

Wildflowers

Illustrated by Vivien Yuan

There are weeds stretching between the pavement cracks.

I dedicate late evenings to ripping them;

Determined, I tug and pull from their brittle roots,

but when the sun mounts, they emerge again.

When exhaustion takes over and I can no longer trim,

they catch my legs like tangled seaweed.

Starting over seems too heavy a job.

I could try again tomorrow.

After an unexpected furious rainstorm,

Violets, Daisies, and Bluebells

decorate the split concrete,

and I am least concerned about the weeds growing.