I dreamed of wild flowers
sacrificed and buried
without ceremony
trampled under foot
by frightened young
farmers-turned-soldiers
and brave captains
shouting great rallying
cries of war
The crushed seeds from
Blue Belles and Buttercups
and Flowering Dogwood
fed with the blood of
patriot causes gave birth to
a new generation of flora
saddened with consciousness
and uneasy with the search
for answers beyond the clouds.
-inspired by "The Civil War" by Ken Burns
Ken Owen
Van Niddy Press April 2016
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