Hedges

Good hedges make good neighbors on their own
They're green and growing and don't argue much.
Especially when they are fully grown,
Since flowers rarely yell, persuade, or such.
They don't make human neighbors better, though,
That's not their job - their job is just to live,
Be hedgey, keep the peace and fully grow.
That's what they are and what they have to give.
I like my hedges and I like them green,
And stuck between my neighbors' ground and mine;
But that is not because I think they mean
I'll have an easy time by some design,
But simply that I like a hedge around
To be the neighbor to my own green ground.