Flower
Molly Scully
Have you ever seen a flower
in a crack in the pavement?
It has no business being
there and yet, it exists.
It’s in your path, but
you won’t step on it.
something surviving like that deserves
to be spared. It should be protected.
so, you walk around it
and you look back to
ensure it remained
intact, but then
instantly forget about
it.
but not me. so, now
when I see a flower
in a crack, in the
pavement, I crush
it.
Molly Scully is a senior at the University of Connecticut. During her last semester, she is on the poetry panel for her school’s literary magazine , the Long River Review. She will graduate this spring with an English major. After graduation, Molly hopes to continue writing and pursue a career in editing and publishing.
