Sunlit Forest

Hovering between the golden
light of sunbeams streaming
through the verdant summer
canopy of the forest, wildflowers
turn their sun-flecked faces
to the source of their existence
in a display of form and colour
identifying the presence of
clover and cinquefoil, daisies
and fleabane, buttercups and
cowvetch, Queen Anne's lace
 and yarrow, their blooming
features interrupting the green
monotone of the forest; evergreens
and hardwoods, the understory of
rapidly advancing thistles,
thimbleberry, hazelnut bushes
and striving sunflowers, all
challenging the supremacy and
height of entitled tree saplings.