Pulling out Kudzu – v5

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,
the fabric of the world…
 
Tares with the wheat,
but no time to wait for harvest,
for the difference clearer,
the kudzu spreading,
intertwined within…
 
Needing to be pulled out
no matter the pain,
nothing remaining
of the weeds, the tares…
 
The roots, the vines,
an invasive species
entwined within,
pulling out the kudzu
briers, the dead branches…
 
The roots deep remaining
pulling them out also,
ignoring the thorns,
doing what must be done…
 
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Edited May 30, 2024
Pulling out the Kudzu – v5
 
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
 “piritual 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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