Weed Seeds

WEED SEEDS

Yesterday I saw two little girls collecting bouquets.

That was a picture that brought a smile right away.

Their bouquets were delicate puffs,

otherwise known as dandelion fluff.

Today the wind kicked up in the afternoon.

Puffs were dispersed in my yard, this month before June.

Over the fence they came in every direction

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

If you call them puffs

or their other name fluff,

to me they are weed seeds

full of covetous greed.

Next year dandelions will take over

then I will have to bend over and 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 vinegar if you prefer. You'll be well fed.

How about dandelion blossom fritters?

Be sure to remove bees or other critters.

Full of Vitamin K,

cooked tastes A-okay

with pickle brine

anytime.

Perhaps you'll try dandelion greens this spring.

Be sure to harvest before they blossom.

Popeye will have competition

with this healthy decision.

Dandelion seeds

are full of greed

so do heed

this creed:

on your knees

weed and weed.

Expect when you get up from this deed

to feel somewhat stiff and lame, indeed.

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A simile that might be used for weed seeds

could be your communication, so please heed:

if your conversations are full of weed seeds

your words will be full of contagious weeds.

Contagious weeds are slander and gossip, a form of covetous greed.

These weeds are unruly and lead to upset, traveling at great speed.

Replace those unruly verbal weeds

with necessary, life-giving seeds

which offers encouragement, and are needed to succeed.

By making this your daily practice, you too will greatly succeed,

as it will always lead to good deeds

and others will follow your lead.

Building each other up will lead

to planting positive seeds.

What will you plant in your garden of life? Weed seeds?

Or life-giving words that build up, which is key,

to living a fragrant, victorious, Christ-like, life indeed.

Something to remember next time you see dandelion seeds.

Therefore encourage one another

and build each other up,

just as in fact you are doing.

I Thessalonians 5:11

To slander no one,

to be peaceable and considerate,

and to show true humility toward all men.

Titus 3:2

Thanks to be God,

who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ

and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance

of the knowledge of him.

II Corinthians 2:14

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