Tiny Seed

Outside my house, on the wet ground

Was a tiny seed, brown and round

And in the seed shaking to and fro

Emerging eagerly was a baby embryo

In a few weeks the embryo became a sapling

From the regular monsoon showers, sparkling

In years the sapling grew up to a tree

Spreading its thick, rich boughs free

On it sprouted many blue flowers

They blanketed the tree like many covers

Their petals fell off to form a fruit

So gold that thieves tried to loot

When I slit the golden flesh

I found a young seed, brown and fresh

From what another day would sprout a tree

And like its predecessors, set its boughs free

From which will come a seed, brown and round

And the cycle will go round and round

I can’t imagine how great are these tiny seeds

Which contain, packed in them humongous trees with infinity other seeds

15 thoughts on “Tiny Seed”

  2. Superb one, dear Sahana ! ❤️👏
    Beautifully packed with rhymes and sowing a lovely thought ….just like the wonderful brown seed….
    May your poem usher in the motivation to all, to give back something to the ever gracious Mother Nature 👍
    So proud of you dear

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  3. Nicely written poem and very easy to understand even for children. Keep up the good work and let the new new poem start following. All the very best.

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  11. Simple and well articulated!!

    You are like a brown seed !!
    Certainly you will be splendid indeed !!!

    All the best

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