Weed Seeds

Weed Seeds

Yesterday I saw two little girls collecting bouquets.

It was a picture that brought a smile right away.

Their bouquets were delicate poufs

otherwise known as dandelion fluff.

Today the wind kicked up in the afternoon.

Poufs were dispersed in my yard this month before June.

Over the fence they came in every direction

though I have more than enough, they came without discretion.

If you call them poufs

or their other name fluff,

to me they are weed seeds

full of covetous greed.

They like to take over

then I have to bend over

to remove one by one.

I'll never be done.

If I were organized, before dandelions bloom

I could eat dandelions greens one afternoon.

One of my Gram's favorite fares.

Perhaps why she never had gray hair.

Cook like spinach or eaten in a salad -

with dressing if you prefer. You'll be well fed.

How about dandelion blossom fritters?

Be sure to remove bees and other critters.

Full of good-for-you Vitamin K,

dandelions do taste A-okay

with pickle brine

anytime.

You might buy dandelion seeds

to plant in your garden, indeed.

Popeye will have competition

with this healthy addition.

All weed seeds

are full of greed

so I heed

this creed:

on your knees

weed and weed.

When you finally get up from this deed

you'll feel stiff and lame, all for the "dislike" of weeds.

* * * * *

A simile for weed seeds

could be your conversation, so heed

if your speech is full of greed

your words will be full of bad weeds.

Replace those verbal weeds

with positive seeds

which will encourage, indeed,

and always lead to good deeds.

Today let's all start a new creed.

Encourage one another, please.

Encouragement will lead

to planting positive seeds.

Therefore encourage one another

and build each other up,

just as in fact you are doing.

I Thessalonians 5:11

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