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If I Sow a Seed

If I sow an infant seed To bring a flower forth From what seems A very dirty Earth And drop some buckets of rain Upon it every other day Will it bloom or simply be If then I up and walk away What if I hung around Perhaps a song to sing Hum or talk awhile longer Or listened with a simpler smile offer Would it want to know Who it was that gave it love Or merely be satisfied With essentials the barest of

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 3/28/2012 10:56:00 AM
A beautiful write that questions our existence. If nurtured, is it better? I would say yes! Love makes it all better...
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Date: 3/25/2012 12:50:00 AM
Beautiful Micheal, read your blog and happy to read your poems, not a fan of free verse so i will not comment on it but i am enjoying your writes, and I think the seedling knows...
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Date: 3/23/2012 5:43:00 PM
I would hope that feeling that caring spirit would motivate the seedling to know more about his / her caregiver.. Love how you ended this one with a question mark. Thank you for reading some of mine, you exposed me to some of your gems now ;) Wilma
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Date: 3/15/2012 8:58:00 PM
Almost like a questioning mother..Beautiful Michael!
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