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Dandelion Prayer
Let me be no hothouse flower
full of heady promise
that expires at the first hint of frost.
Let me be a dandelion
sunny of spirit, tenacious of life,
my very nature a healing tonic to all who drink me in
no thorns, nor nettle-sting when adversity strikes
only a bright delight
that I am still here
and smiling at you
And when I come to my end of days
if I have offered any kindness, any joy
let it root deep and multiply
let it send a thousand hardy seeds
to spread, oh, everywhere
Like a dandelion
(c) 2010 Marion McDowell
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