Poem Pods



The seed
we pick from our mind
and bury it safely
in our paper pod

We feed it
with our thoughts
water it
with our emotions

Until up
pops
a seedling
a couple of vines
across
a couple of lines

Sprouts shoot stanzas
every which way

Trim the unhealthy
kill your darlings
that are headed no where

Until the plant speaks

the words
grown on its leaves

the pain
at the tip of its thorns

the beauty
in the color of its petals

and the strength
running through its stem

May 8, 2020

Day 32 of 100

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