Daisies and Buttercups

There once was a world
A world in which daisies and buttercups were the most beautiful flowers of all time
A world of long, lazy summer afternoons
Of daisy chains
And buttercup tests
Of lying on backs and looking at clouds drifting by.

There once was a time
A time in which daisies and buttercups were the most beautiful flowers in the world
A time of long, lazy summer afternoons
Of braiding hair
And gentle teasing
Of sitting in trees and listening to the wind rustling the leaves.

And in this world and in this time
Children know daisies and buttercups are the most beautiful flowers
For it is their world and their time of long, lazy summer afternoons
Of adults rushing
And fussing and bustling
Never noticing the daisies and the buttercups as they pass them by.