Weeds in the Garden (a fable)

[Lori]

And when it comes time for them to die -- as all that lives must die -- unlike other flowers whose blossoms fade and wither, these flowers of the sun mysteriously bloom again in their last hour. As they die, they bloom into beautiful white globes... luminous, airy and mystical like the full moon, and pregnant with power.

At the very moment of their death, in a silky silent explosion, multitudes of white parachutes are released. Each parachute carries beneath it a single sacred message: freedom is life.

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The four winds gently carry these white messengers to the furthermost corners of the earth, to all nations and to all peoples.

But, as is usually the case, those who are liberated in a world of slaves are judged by that world as obnoxious.

They are judged to be pests.

These pests, the freed ones, only upset the well-manicured lawns of the routines of dailylife. by their very presence among us they constantly challenge our lack of freedom, and so, as a defense, they are classified as offensive, repugnant and worthless.

They are called... Dandelions (from the French, dent de lion: lion's tooth).

They are called weeds
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While rejected by the world, these Sundancers sing a song, like that of Tien-shan, the wise old cricket:
"Let those with ears hear and those with eyes see."

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"To die but not to perish is to be eternally present." --Tao Te Ching

[the end]

From Sundancer a book by Edward Hays