A Simple Seed

A simple seed. A simple seed she used to be before she grew into a magnificent flowing beauty of green and shine. She was perfect.

The mighty tree stood tall and proud her limbs stretching out cascading the ground below with an eerie shadow.

Years had gone by as she watched the lives lived below her and the death and rebirth around her. All the while she was dancing in the familiar graceful wind.

She didn't mind it. Being alone with nothing but the birds singing their songs old in her leaves to the possums that leapt through her ancient appendages.

Her leaves would fall softly to the ground as the wind guided them, and her seeds would fall with a

Plonk

Plonk

Plonk

That was until one day man showed up.

Their weapons cut down her family around her and scared away her beautiful friendly critters with the sounds of their primal grunts and sharp axes.

One day she heard a noise. Thud. Thud. Thud.

She didn't get time to see what was happening as her giant coarse body creaked and fell to the floor. Man's axes and trucks had pulled her from her home. Her country.

But one little piece remained of her as her aged gentle body was taken away.

Something full of hope and excitement. A simple seed.