The Seed

She carefully planted the seed. She left the seed alone deep in the Earth nurturing it as best she could. The seed waited and waited until one day it woke up and began to sprout. The little sprout pushed through the darkness not exactly sure why but held onto the hope that it would eventually understand. You could say it was nurtured by hope. Then hope presented itself in a small glint of light. The sprout bowed it's head in honor of the light, took a deep inhale and made a last big push out of the cool darkness into the warmth of the light. Stretching and yawning the sprout opened up and spreads it's limbs taking in everything that was offered and seeing the world as it is. Every day the sprout grew a little. One day it noticed a large wall where the light was coming from. Curious about the wall, the sprout reached for it's peak. Everyday it spread a little further along the ground, then started climbing up the wall. It made it's way to the very top and peaked over to the other side. What it saw was amazing. The world is much bigger than it could have ever imagined. The sprout looks and sees others which makes the sprout happy and it begins to bloom. The others can see the sprout too, but it's not a sprout. It's a vine, long and lengthy with little beautiful fragrant flowers that make the others pause and reflect.