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
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
wow...what a fable a lesson in this mad and increasingly maddening world....! 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 lovely :)