The Seed Beneath the Garden

Today is Plant a Flower Day.

All gardeners understand that plants don't grow uniformly. Some thrive in strong sunlight. Others in darker corners. Some don't thrive at all.

And there are those seeds that grow a little at a time.

Like the little mustard seed that takes time to grow - but burgeons when it does.

Here's to the seeds that take a little time.

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A mustard seed

A nail, to heed

Pressed into ground

Plain, no sound.

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The earth now shifts

Roots seek new space

The  ground  then lifts

With spirit's trace.

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The planted seed stays

Grows down, not to sky;

In the dark, it prays

Time treads slowly by

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The garden recalls

The seed once sown

The place where it falls

Ground heaved, leaves strewn.

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Original poem by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin. AI tags are coincidental.

For Mikeydred's March Challenge