Chickweeds Poems | Examples

I Know a Place

To phylum Ocimum basilicum belongs basil,
Into genus, Corylus included the plant hazel;
If purslanes, cattails, chickweeds, and wild carrots have their base,
Why can't I, in the universe vast, have and know my place...?

Might be like a minute gleam; or a shining bright sunbeam;
Might be like an oasis stream; or a nocturnal scream;
Like a buzzing butterfly; or a dazzling dragonfly;
Like a fox, cat, or rat... to nature's ways, I might comply...!

Not my ego, like a lotus, my psyche will stand high,
And fraternally pass my fragrance to the passersby;
Even an inch enough, I'm not saying out of my pride,
I know a place - my place, my space, my nest - where I'll abide...!!!


29 May 2023