Pulling out Kudzu – v4

Worse than dandelions,

more tenacious

than poison ivy,

an invasive species

unwanted, connected;

Woven into the vine

the soil, the ground

the very fabric of our lives

of the world

Tares with the wheat

but no time to wait for harvest

for the difference more clear

the kudzu spreading

intertwined within;

Needing to be pulled out

no matter the pain

nothing remaining

of the weeds

The roots, the vines,

the invasive species

entwined within,

pulling out the kudzu

the briers, the dead stuff;

The roots deep remaining

pulling them out too,

ignoring the thorns,

doing what must be done

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edited December 27, 2015

Pulling out Kudzu - v4

(editing version 3)

edited February 22, 2015

Pulling out Kudzu – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/pulling-out-kudzu-v3.html

Edited August 21, 2013

“Pulling out Kudzu – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/pulling-out-kudzu-v2.html

Edited August 21, 2013

“Pulling out Kudzu”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/pulling-out-kudzu.html

Edited August 21, 2013

“pulling out weeds – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/pulling-out-weeds-v2.html

July 19, 2013

“pulling out weeds”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/07/pulling-out-weeds.html

Matthew 13:3-9

“The Parable of the Sower”

Matthew 13:8

Upper Room Daily Devotional

 “Spiritual Sowing and Growing”

http://devotional.upperroom.org/devotionals/2013-07-19   

by Pramila Barkataki

for July 19, 2013

read July 19, 2013

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