not pick one

Afternoon on a Hill

I will be the gladdest thing
     Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
     And not pick one.

I will look at cliffs and clouds
     With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
     And the grass rise.

And when lights begin to show
     Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
     And then start down!

Edna St. Vincent Millay was also featured for Meet Me in 811's Poem-A-Day April 17, 2011 and Poem-A-Day April 18, 2007.

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