This Plant Grows

There is this plant

And if it were

Not for this plant

I would not have met

Some of my very best friends

I wouldn’t have become

The person that

I am today

If it were

Not for this plant

Not for this plant

Stands this man

Who places these demands

On those he deems

Below himself

Blinded to the benefits

Of widespread applications

A myriad of miracles

At hand

To me and

Those able to see

The beautiful truth

This plant grows

Within us all

After introductions

Are made

This man

And his lies

Are played

© A. Bougie (8/13/2011)