Day 11 of NaplPoWriMo 2020 - Ode to a Weed

Ode to Wild Milkweed 

Oh Milkweed plant prettiest weed that flowers

Whose blooms are the brightest orange of all

Your lineage is one of the hardiest

Great great grandparents hoed out of the corn

Your line has survived and gained prestige

You beckon the Monarchs from afar

On their treks from Old Mexico they stop

Your sweet smell pretty blooms they can't resist

While those butterflies stay their eggs are laid

You graciously host them and their cacoons

Then beautiful Caterpillars do roam

over your limbs over your body

Gracious again you give your leaves their food

While their mothers continue path to North

Die on their way praise your name in Heaven

Those worms turn to Monarchs like their Mothers

and take their places at the north

Oh compassionate weed of the wild

You'll have time once again more leaves to grow

And milkweed plant prettiest that flowers 

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 - Poem and Photos Copyright, Jimmiehov 2020,All Rights Reserved
 - I am linked with Kerry O'Connor in the Imaginary Garden at https://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-2020-days-11-15.html?m=1 
 - and with NaPoWriMo Day 11 at http://www.napowrimo.net/day-eleven-8/ where I used mainly their prompt, a particular flower for inspiration.  I chose the Wild Milkweed which attracts the Monarch Butterfly.
 - I am also linked with the Writer's Pantry at https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2020/04/writers-pantry-15-all-about-that-love.html