Groa



Groa

A powerful woman is like an intricate puzzle box:
You will never know the secrets she holds
Unless you learn to be creative.

A powerful man is like a treasure map:
Follow the course of his life and stand in his shoes
And you will learn to climb the heights he has scaled.

Every person is like a seed
And in the smallest form, a seed
Can appear to be as
Simple and lifeless as a stone.

Yet in the darkness, the simple stone,
Cracks open seeking for the light.
For inside each seed is a compass
Pointing towards the sky unknown.

And as the seed grows and changes
It becomes a tender shoot pushing out of the darkness.
Rising to become a small green form of life.
And if left alone to center itself,
Aging with the grace given from time -
A simple seed can become a mighty Yew tree.

For every person can appear as but a simple seed,
But given hope in the darkness
And dreams of the light,
Even the most lowly of us all
Can rise above even our own wildest imaginations.

- Christina Marvel

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