Weeds

© by Michele T. Fry, © 2000

 

A weed can be a beautiful thing.

It flourishes where nothing else survives.

You mow it down.  It comes right back.

It's miniature flowers often have
more color, symmetry, and charm
than our most popular garden varieties --
(which, after all, were all hybridized from weeds)!

Pick a pretty specimen from field, ditch, or yard,
and display it up close in any scruffy little vase
chosen especially to compliment
the sprightly daintiness of weeds.

Watch a child's eyes light up when you
place a pot of weeds on a low window sill
or bedside table.
Marvel at the perfection of nature!
(Dried weeds look as good as fresh ones.)

These often overlooked gifts from God
are FREE for the taking,

year-round, throughout the land.
So celebrate the abundance of life!
Enjoy the roadside weed!