Inside Out Poem by bonifacio alba

Inside Out

Birth begins from inside out
Life's spark hidden, quietly sprouting
Death is inevitable from outside in
The shell of flesh worn thin, fading.

Look at a tree—
Growing, bearing fruits
Seeds born within its sweetness
Falling, scattered, or gently planted.

New life rises from within the seed
Breaking soil to greet the sun
As the egg, its tender secret guarded
Until the shell breaks in its time—
Revealing the breath and beat of life.

Birth and life flow from inside out
Not outside in—
For what is true begins in the unseen
Before the world beholds its wonder.

Reflection / Bible Verse
'For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.' — Psalm 139: 13