Even if you wish it so

by Jennifer Poroye

The seed

cannot be the seed forever

Even if you wish it so

Even if you close your eyes

Even if you fold your hands

The sun will still shine

The rain will still pour

And life will spill on forward

The seed

cannot be the seed forever

Even if you wish it so

Even if its growth isn’t linear

Even if it is left behind

Even if the wait

feels like its own eternity of sorts

Remember that abundance lingers at the corner.

The seed

cannot be the seed forever

Even if you wish it so

For we all know

That change is inevitable,

That every living thing

Must bloom, even if only once

That at one point or another,

we are bound to wax beautiful

Such is as certain a thing

as life itself