The Dehydrated Seed

My wife has grown tired

My family has grown impatient.

My friends have grown apart.

Myself, I haven’t grown at all

Like a seed deprived of water

I’ve become so dehydrated

Cracked, disintegrating, ashen

A new beginning makes such a sad end

I’ve let my insides rot

My mind run stagnant

My soul sweat away

So that all remains are the bones

Dry Bones

I’m smart enough to know

That you can’t grow trees

With alcohol for water

But I’ve been dumb enough to try

And now I’m old

Even though I’m still so young

A seed never sprouting

A forest forever missing

Imagine all the leaves for shading

All the trunks for climbing

All the life

All the fresh air

I could protect you then

From the sun, from the rain

You would love me then

You would trust me again

I feel so thirsty

Can you guide me to the well?

Guide me to river?

Guide me to the ocean?

I have a forest to grow…