Dandelion Seeds

The dandelion seeds

almost touch her lips

   before she blows them away,

     making a wish.

She wishes for fifty years with me,

   but

    I wish

     to be strong enough

      to let her 

         go.

The dandelion seeds catch the wind, 

        riding it down the mountain. 

Her seeds mix with mine,

          and our wishes combine.

CH 1/19/26