Seeds

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SeedsDawn burst through a cloudy horizona sunflower in a field of weedstwilight soon picked its shining petalsand showed that light is born of fragile seedsseeds on a gentle breezeseeking a soft place to rootone gives berries when it grows,another like the rosehas beauty as its fruitacorns on a forest patha dandelion's pollenin my life I have riseneach season I have fallencos I have faith in seedshungry wings of doubt and fortunesteal hope from soil where it fallstime is a gift that keeps on takingdreams must be sown deep to grow tallseeds on a gentle breezeseeking a soft place to rootone gives berries when it grows,another like the rosehas beauty as its fruitacorns on a forest patha dandelion's pollenin my life I have riseneach season I have fallencos I have faith in seedswind may cross the earth in circlesoceans may feed rainfall abovebut when daughters grow into mothersnothing's greater than the cycle ofseeds on a gentle breezeseeking a soft place to rootone gives berries when it grows,another like the rosehas beauty as its fruitacorns on a forest patha dandelion's pollenin my life I have riseneach season I have fallencos I have faith in seeds(c)2004 Robert George