DANDELIONS: DEAR RITA'S DILEMMA (character monologue)

I kept my dandelions captive today
I held, did I? did I?
Captive, I say in a little juice bottle,
clear dirty water, dangling they are.
The mouth of the jar
now filled with their stems.
Yellow, I tried to keep them alive.
Flowers, but I seem them dying.
But if I let them go
and free them from their bottled home
throw them upon the earth
in which I plucked them from
Then what? Then what?
If I keep them
under my care
in their bottled home
give them water and my love
Well then what? then what?
In the name of admiration
did I kill the beauty?
Did I take what was not mine?
I kept my dandelions captive today
I held, did I? did I?
Maybe I should.. maybe I should 
maybe I should plant myself 
in the ground where they once stood 
See how they droop?
what shall I do?
I know... I know....
maybe these daffodils in my hand
will make them feel less lonely.