Permanent Rest Stop Poem by Alexander Ritchie

On the side of cars stream
My little bud, sight unseen

I'm the same, you see
but I'm different
cause i'm me

I wait patiently
No photography
Surrounded other deemed, state-ly

Even fewer know my name
On the sidelines,
my fate remains

Story untold by Attenborough
Hope is a luxury, I let it go

Embrace this darkness
Myself I think

Passersby take no note
not a blink

My only hope now the Ginyu Force
We pose at Walmart, Fates course

Something changes, I dare not think
I'm pulled from ground, with a wink

Once survived, Now alive
My raggedness is now prized

Leaving the roadway
You made me free
You picked the wildflower, that is me.