Kudzu
Amber Williams
You get such a bad
Reputation my green goddess.
And for that, I apologize
On behalf of our
Hypocritical world.
We made you.
Spread your seeds
Over our gardens as ornament.
And then we abandoned
You when you became too
Much to handle.
I know the feeling my dear.
Now we watch as you
Take over and scowl
At the houses you envelop
And the posts you climb.
You tower over
Us now, and we complain,
But you were never meant
To be kept in a packet –
To be concealed to just one garden.
We will keep fighting you,
Keep trying to cut you down
For our own good –
Not yours.
I won’t blame
You if you keep going,
Growing.
Please tell the stars hello
From me if you ever reach them.
Amber Williams is a junior at Virginia Tech majoring in sports media and analytics with a minor in creative writing. She enjoys all forms of writing and is a sports editor with her college’s newspaper, the Collegiate Times. She also works as a production assistant with the ACC network. In her free time Amber enjoys writing and reading poetry, photography, painting, and watching hockey.