Promise

 

A seed in the soil

is the promise of patience.

I don't mean radish seeds or beans

that kids plant in backyard gardens,

that emerge and surge into green;

flourishing by the next full moon.

Rather, acorns, hickory nuts,

samaras from maples,

hard seeds of Black Cherry.

Young saplings that will achieve

the height of the parent trees

decades after we're gone.

That's a promise.

© 2022 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Fallasburg Park - Lowell, Michigan

2. Wabasis Lake Park - Michigan

3. & 4. Lowell Township - Kent County - Michigan