Strength Poem by Rachel Loveday

A happy seed was planted
randomly it seems
unfavourable conditions in
the shade beneath huge leaves
 
The seed it was quite happy
in the sheltered pod it knew
but despite new, cold surroundings
to a tiny shrub it grew
 
This smallest shrub seems so lost
beneath the leafy giant
ever determined, it seeks the source
of which it is reliant
 
Its stubborn leaves refuse to fail
though the shade is so apparent
it twists and turns and stretches high
becoming equal with the giant
 
In life, we may want to feel
safe in a life we know
but despite unwelcome dirt and shade
we have the strength to grow
 
Just like the small and shaded plant
fighting for its space
we twist and turn to overcome
the dark times that we face
 
Jan 2010