Thats all to say that I guess my issue is less in being a womenĪnd more in the way that society perceives them Will always hold a special place in my heart That grow for themselves rather then the will of a gardener I never understood why kids told me that I had to pick something different when I said that dandelions were my favorite flowersĮventually I learned to say roses, or daises, or sunflowers insteadīut secretly those defiant little flowers that grow wherever they want When I was little, my grandmother would sit with me outside while I ran around collecting as many as my grubby little hands could holdĪnd then she would teach me how to make flower crowns out of them I'm a dandelion, but a dandelion in the way that children see themĪs little pockets of sunshine sprouting from the earth I'm a girl kind of in the way that dandelions are weeds
