I wrote this poem:
A Weed
Green
Plant
Unnecessary
Perceived
Unwanted
Invasive
Attached
Perceived
Harmful
Poisonous
Addictive
Perceived
Beautiful
Wild
Free
Perceived
Purpose
Medicinal
Healing
Perceived
Life
Planet
Ecosystem
Perceived
Life
Dependent
Purpose
Perceived
Contemplation
Existence
Purpose
Perceived
Life
Energy
Vibration
Perceived
Energy
Vibration
Love
Perceived
Connection
Everything
Energy
Perceived
Love
God
US
Perceived
Self
Weed
Same
Perceived
A weed is only a weed if we perceived it to be unwanted or invasive. That weed could potentially be a beautiful flower or have medicinal effects to cure some kind of illness. We are in illusion of its beauty and potential, so we decide if it lives or dies instead of just letting it be what it truly is...a part of us, part of our ecosystem, living being that has purpose.
A friend of mine who practices Naturopathic Medicine often picks what some call “weeds” from people’s yards when we take walks together because of their medicinal effects. He often says he loves the spring & summer because of all the free medicine he can get for people. We have been so programmed that these plants are no good that we try to kill them or remove them.
This way of thinking that these plants are weeds came from our domestication of this society. The domestication and programming we are put under by generations and generations of people teaching us how to think, what to believe, how to live in society.
