Texas Bluebonnets

A friend sent me some beautiful pictures of Texas Bluebonnets blooming along side the road. When I drove through Texas a couple of months ago the bluebonnets were not out yet. Other graces of nature's beauty festooned the roadside, but not quite as prolific as the flowers in this photo. Thank you Bart.

Bluebonnets Bold

© 2010 Rolland G. Smith

Bold blossoms blue stand proud above their green,

They grow in strength and know their light is seen

By all who motor by or stop to gaze

Into this garden of wonder, a maze.

Color binds attention and form holds grace

Attracting heart and spirit to this place.

The flowers stand as one and separate too,

As symbols of the noble ones, too few

Who come to see and hold this place in love

Responding to an essence from above.

Sweet nectar is the wine of blossoms blue,

Sipping through the lips of zepher’s new.

Tell all who pass here, fast or walking by:

The fragrance of the flowers glorify

The spirit of the earth and nurtured seed

That blossoms into beauty when we need.