The Great Piece of Turf

It poured water colors            
yesterday in the grass,                  
dandelions bent,                  
sloven simplicity            
rumpled in dishevelment,                
still yellow in their clumps                  
of cloven tongue and youngness,                  
                 
I see the sunflowers of Van Gogh                  
and celebrate the happiness,                  
the beautiful artist again,                  
the Vase of Pink Roses;                
favorites that remind us of goodness,                  
                 
       
Stolen memories in stillness,          
As the night is banished          
once more by dawn,            
the birds preach their sermon,            
and the worms repent their sins.                  
                 
                 
Happy Earth Day, today  
this is all I had to offer.          
                 
The Great Piece of Turf,                  
by Albrecht Dürer (watercolor, 1503)