Without Much Notice (The Prairie Returns)

I love the little yellow flowers

that bloom this time of year

in the gardens

along the roadside

between the pavement cracks

in the places we otherwise

pass quickly by them

without much notice

a lost prairie fighting back

brilliant goldenrod

majestic sunflower

black eyed sue

reminding us

that this is its proper place

that these concrete roads

and planted spaces

are convenience and facade

these flowers reveal

that they have always belonged

that they will remain, here

while we will not

we will pass quickly by

without much notice

yet these flowers

will still bloom proudly

after we are gone

and the prairie returns