Ode to Roadside Weeds

"A plant's a weed when in the way"
Our wicked world will often say.
You're plucked and pulled and pushed away.
Ode to roadside weeds.

But to grow at asphalt's edge—
A miracle, you humble hedge!
This poem to you's my pers'nal pledge.
Ode to roadside weeds.

I'll sound the bell. I'll heed the call
To tell the world we've dropped the ball;
We've passed the fact you've grown at all.
Ode to roadside weeds.