Seek Harmony

Life Struggles

Potting soil and plastic cups

Dozens of packets of seeds

Black marker captures details

Clear water that each seed needs

Soon life sprouts in each small cup

Two green leaves turn towards bright sun

So many steps still to do

Before flowers bloom and stun

So many things can go wrong

In the life of a new sprout

Some fall back into brown dirt

And new life quickly snuffed out

But most reach for bright sunlight

Stem thickens as sprout grows tall

New leaves feed on sunlight's feast

As roots dig and spread and sprawl

From windowsill, to wood deck

Sprouts must learn to live outside

Feel soft winds and full sunlight

Before garden beds are tried

Time has come to graduate

To grow roots in garden beds

Fight nature's pests; find a way

Grow strong and set flower heads

Accept help of bumblebees

And other helpful insects

Create seeds of life to come

Which all life on earth reflects

See our lives in each new sprout

That must struggle to survive

Some will live and some will fall

In struggle to stay alive

For no life has it easy

Not even a little sprout

And every life must struggle

It's what life is all about

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