DANDELION

(The official flower of the Military Brat)

Dandelion you’re like me

Set adrift to ride the breeze

Drifting here and settling there

To grow as if you have no care

Only those like you will know

The sudden rush to rise and go

On any current you will flow

On any weathered wind you’ll blow

In any sea, on any tide

On any ground, you will abide

And you never do decide

Just where you’ll go, or how you’ll ride

Around the world, among all kinds

Flying with no tie that binds

Always leaving friends behind

Trying not to show you mind

Dandelion I’m like you!

Of my future, I’ve no clue!

I put down roots that have no glue

So I’ll move to somewhere new.

Patti Neal Cadwallader 2009