Dandelions

Travelling through the winds, 

A lone dandelion seed

Enters through your nostril

Without a sneeze. 

It reaches your lungs. 

Wandering through the 

Wind pipe, a lonely 

Dandelion seed 

Settles at the bottom of 

Your lungs. 

It grows and establishes 

Roots within your life. 

It grows and grows, 

While you cough up blood, 

Wondering why?It builds new seeds, 

And all it takes is 

A sneeze, for the seeds 

To disperse through your life once again. 

Travelling through the 

Body, a family of 

Dandelions, they take over 

Like some pathetic parasite.

You cough and cough

Until you eventually 

Have no blood left.

by Paawani Walia