Is the dandelion a flower, herb or weed?

The answer could be strictly in the beholder’s eye.

One thing that’s for sure, it’s got a light and fuzzy seed.

Windy days can see a haze of dandies in the sky.

They’re natives of Eurasia, though they’ve made homes everywhere.

Unlike some other plants, they’re not invasive.

They work against erosion, mine for gold, give ground some air.

And one need only look: they’re not evasive.

They’ll just stand there in the grass when young and brightly yellow.

I observed my father dig them up and make them gone.

Seeing them pop up in spring would surely kill his mellow.

Though it wasn’t big, he thought the world of his damned lawn.

I especially liked it when they aged enough to fly,

would blow the seeds off, chanting them away.

In that respect, I guess, it was first plant to get me high.

The first of many, I can hear some say.