by Leslie Anne Bustard

Every yellow round droplet
down the center of each 
white flower on 
each flowering 
branch  

of my butterfly bush 
makes me imagine 
the Creator 
deciding 

to use the tiniest dropper
to place spots of yellow 
that fill all the 
hidden 

stamens on all the flowered 
bushes in the world;
and I am in awe
once 

again. 

Leslie Anne Bustard is a writer, poet, and editor who lives with her family in Lancaster City, PA. She writes for Cultivating Project and Black Barn Online. Some of her other writings can be found at Calla Press, Deeply Rooted, and Christians in the Visual Arts. Wild Things and Castles in the Sky: A Guide to Choosing the Best Books for Children, a book of essays she co-edited, will be released this April through Square Halo books. Her website, Poetic Underpinnings, contains her writings, podcasts, and the goodness of other people’s creativity.