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Wildflowers
by Robert M. Giannetti
Born in 1942, Robert Giannetti has worked in business and in education, and lived in both urban and rural areas.
He is a former Army officer, college teacher and administrator, foundation executive, and managing partner of a
human resources consulting firm. Attaining a Ph. D. in English Renaissance literature, he ultimately spent a large
part of his life applying his liberal education to very practical ends in business and civic endeavors. Giannetti says
that writing is the unifying force in his life.
Age has brought me to this road
of wildflowers,
a road I drive in my own time
no longer in panic
about starting out again
to make my way,
driven by necessity or by pride,
thinking only of another destination,
another purpose.
On this late summer's drive
I come to revel in the rousing persistence
of the wildflowers along the highway —
Queen Anne's lace stretching
from North to South
down vast strands of roadway,
joined by running riots
of Joe Pye and Black-Eyed Susan,
their yellows and lavenders popping up
up through the delicate white cover.
A tireless conversation of light and shadow
takes the measure of it all,
urging me on and on,
mile after mile, and I am
heedless of where or when
I may have to exit,
or what I might find there.
© 2004 by Robert M. Giannetti. All rights reserved.
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