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
Please tell me why the state gave up on this child?
Let this be my parting gift to him, I hold his memories, his journals and his experience in my heart. His words will live on my website forever... my living journal as a tribute to those who are left behind.
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