The seed
By Liviana J
Published 27 April 2023
It starts with a tiny seed
Health and hope within
Its hardened shell.
It seems our small seed
Seems to have sprouted
Reaching to the sky for promise and strength.
And as it hardens and spreads
Our sapling gets a glimpse of the world
With its challenges and joys.
Now our sapling has witnessed both death and birth
And has weathered the most spiteful storms
And the driest droughts it can now be called a tree.
The tree is now a snag,
A rotting husk of what it once was.
But spread out and find that it is surrounded by its children
A thriving forest of trees and saplings and even the smallest sprouts
as the cycle starts again.
And to think it started with one tiny seed.