A SEED SITS ON TOP OF A HILL,
SMALL AND INSIGNIFICANT,
YET EVEN AS I WATCH, IT IS SPROUTING.
A SAPLING SITS ON TOP OF A HILL,
WEAK AND VULNERABLE,
BUT EVEN AS I WATCH, IT IS GROWING.
A GROWN TREE SITS ON TOP OF A HILL,
HARDY AND DETERMINED,
EVEN NOW AS I WATCH, IT IS THRIVING.
AN OLD TREE SITS ON TOP OF A HILL,
WEARY AND FORGOTTEN,
AND EVEN AS I WATCH, IT IS DYING.