A seed’s time

John Shelby Schmidt
he/him
2022

A tiny seed silently falls to earth
Nearly weightless, yet burdened with
The audacious expectations of
an entire species.
It bears no superpower, except those of Patience,
Resiliency and Hope.
Whether we mimic it or it mimics us is unclear,
yet we strive too, in the same manner,
To begin anew.