Plant A Seed, and It Shall Grow

Nature, Nurture, and Time

By Melissa de la CruzPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read

Photo by Yannis H on Unsplash

Slide seeds into soil

relentlessly nurturing

Behold - they blossom!

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Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa is someone who measures 3X prior to cutting, yet still ends up with ill-fitting window blinds. Her writing is an outlet for such blunders as well as weightier matters. #ownvoices #antiracism #individual #armyveteran #feminist #vote

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HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)about a year ago
❤️💯Well said 👍😉

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