Is a weed a flower?

The purple asters I
picked from my old
studio are wildflowers (weeds
that get cut down)
every year by the
fanatic mowers that like
acres of grass Not
every field should look
like a golf course.

Without the weeds there
would be no place
for the bees to
harvest unfertilized necter, is
it an oxymoron to
call natural plants organic.

A weed is unwanted,
but hearty Beautiful though
taller than the cultivated
low mounding asters that
look cute in the
front garden bed of
a kempt suburban plot.

Next year my yard
will be a riot of
colorful weeds and invasive
species that choke out
grass. Funny how others
spray their dandelions I
eat them and harvest
their roots as tonic.

My boys were raised
in a cottage garden
surrounded with sunflowers spaced
stepping stones food herbs
and flowers upon blooming
green life exploding rainbows
of colors, insects humming
birds zipping from flower
to trumpet vine drunk
on life why aren’t
we more like the
birds worms bees crickets
tweet digging buzz chirping