Dandelion

Life was good in my neighborhood

With Mother Nature safely quarantined

A perfect yard was my work of art

A study in uninterrupted green

Till uninvited you came by

Brandishing your yellow smile

Drifted in and wouldn't go away

Had a party on my lawn

Making all the neighbors talk

Then hung around like you were gonna stay

I cursed and swore, prepared for war

Madly engineering your demise

Then headed for the garden store

To buy my ammunition and supplies

To protect the innocent

My first attack was limited

Precision guided missiles hit you hard

But you came back a second time

Laughing with your yellow eyes

So I carpet bombed the whole dang yard

Sometimes you have to stand up

Sometimes you have to fight

When Nature's on your land

It doesn't have the right

So put up your dukes

It's me or you

Dandelion

Then one day in my naiveté

I declared that victory was near

I did not foresee your insurgency

And now you have been tormenting me for years

And I'm inclined to think these days

You'll be growing on my grave

Which I will still be trying to defend

Because this in not a happy tale

I am Ahab, you're the whale

And I remember how that story ends

Sometimes you have to stand up

Sometimes you have to fight

When Nature's on your land

It doesn't have the right

So put up your dukes

It's me or you

Dandelion

So put up your dukes

I'm coming for your roots

It's me or you

Dandelion