The Leaveless Plant

The Leaveless Plant

by Cody Gambill

© 2006

I am a plant without any roots

I bring no syrup I bear no fruits

I am not much to look at without any flowers

All I do is sit and stare for hours

Every so often I wander off to find a new spot

Feeling no attachment to anything I’ve got

Every time I move I lose a leaf or two

But no one will notice because here I am new

After moving a while I look down to see

How oblivious I am to my nudity

All of my moving has shaken me bare

Embarrassed and all I ignore the stares

But the more I think the better I feel

Because the leaves from me provided a meal

So I am important like all on this earth

Think I’ll settle down and show this world what I’m worth

-Cody Gambill

8-25-2006