To Plant a Seed

To Plant a Seed...

You plant a seed and watch it grow...it's final outcome...you cannot know...
Time and patience...love and care...a broken leaf can bring dispair...

But as the budding first appears...there's joy and happiness...sometimes tears...
You anxiously await that day... this flower blooms in full display...

How proud you feel...how satisfied...this pleasure makes you swell inside...
To think you gave this seed a life...now to protect it from daily strife...

You nourish it with food and love...you give it shelter...from elements above...
You plant a seed and watch it grow...it's final outcome...you cannot know...

You sacrifice with love and pain...no guarantee you'll get the same...
You weigh decisions to do your best...but quickly comes another test...

And once again you give it your all...to win those battles...great and small...
Your drained at times...but continue on...you realize that your more than strong...

For the little seed that you made grow...turned out to be...someone you know...
A girl named Karan was seed number one...She's joy...she's love...she life...she's fun...

Along came Robert, seed number two...He's delightful...he's giving...and affectionate too...

Their final outcome I cannot know...I've enjoyed those years...while watching them grow...
And if they need me...I'll always be near...to love and advise...or simply try a tear.

Helen Nastri
1982 Copywriter