I AM A SEED by: Sarah-Leigh Elago Oh Lord, They tried. They tried to bury me, But they didn't realize, That I AM A SEED. I AM A SEED, I GROW. They dug a big hole for me, Pushed me on the deep end, To make sure I was down there. With their feet, they stepped on me, To make sure I didn't get up, I laid there, with tears in my eyes, Thinking, how could they? I watched them close the hole, Throwing sand on me, As if I didn't matter, They had forgotten, that I AM A SEED. I laid deep in darkness, Overwhelmed with self loathe, Thinking to myself, I am finished. But, my spirit reminded me, who I was. I heard their footsteps, As they walked away, Thinking they had finished me, Thinking they had washed me off the face of the earth. I cried so hard, Not realizing, That my tears watered my growth, I begun to cry more, because my survival depended on it. In the deep of the ground, I began to look at myself, I...