Every Tree A Forest

The seeds drops
Between the ridge
Dug deep into the soil
The joy of escape from endless motions
Resound in its minds
The pain of the process forgotten
Yet that momentary freedom
Set the tone for the growth of a lifetime

Each seed fell on different ridge
Each with different care and nuture
From the first day everything changed
The battle for survivor becomes the only reality
As the seed breaks in the soil
Searching for what will keep it alive

The soil seeks rain to make a good aboard

The sun rises with a smile to bless a life
The life you've never considered for a second
The root grew faster to reach down the treasures beneath the soil
As it grew from ground
Rising upwards 

Its faced with a fight that can't be won
The fight for upward growth
The birds come daily
Feeding on it's fresh leaves
The goats came playing on a sunny afternoon
Stomping on the rig from one to other

Dropping dug as they play

Next morning, they were cries every where
And the wail went round that some budding seedlings had died
Fear gripped the plants as every misses the lost and prays to meet the height some day

Then it only remained a few left to bear fruits and birth the next generation
Each having a story to tell of what it didn't take to survive
They all kept saying this "we held on knowing that every tree will make a forest"
Just one survival can birth a forest

I dare to ask you, yes you!!!

What storm are you going through?
you need to keep going
Within you lies a nation that you ought to birth
In every man a nation

Then it only remained a few left to bear fruits and birth the next generation
Each having a story to tell of what it took it to survive
They all kept saying this "we held on knowing that every tree will make a forest"
Just one survival can birth a forest

                                                         

~Ayo Obi