The Seed Poem by soren Barrett

A seed that had no chance
fought against all odds
and from it grew a mighty oak
That harbored nesting birds
and shaded those that passed

Then came a man
that cut the tree
from which planks were torn
hewn and nailed into place
forming a house recast

The wood sheltered those that felled it
Inside children were born
It saw them grow
some stayed in view
and some the wind did blow

When the west wind blew
of this wood they shaped a box
and planted him close by
where the seed first grew
so many years ago

From time to time a memory sprouted
different in each one's mind
some were hard
some were kind
buried under leaves of time