I saw a dandelion on sidewalk today

Instead of observing the chaos that we've become so used to in this dying world, I saw life persisting through pavement

Instead of looking at tarnished souls who seek to find a purpose that they may never discover, I saw bright yellow bursting from a long stem

Instead of watching tainted children cry of love and the loss of it, I saw the earth's most innocent display of her beauty just before me

Instead of remembering the fear so commonly resting in our bones that mutates our thoughts to ones of toxic notions, I saw this thing many call a nuisance thrive amongst unfavorable odds

I saw a dandelion on the sidewalk today, and it reminded me what a marvelous world we exist in