Just a tiny seed

One day while I was out walking
I came across a small seed
Captured by the possibilities
I planted the seed in a corner of my garden

Each day I was amazed how much the seed had grown
First as a tiny sapling with is new leaves
Then as it grew its straight stem that reached for the sky
I didn't know what it would grow into

I found myself drawn each day to my garden
To a tiny corner that use to be so bare
The tiny seed has now become a tree
The most wonderful tree in my garden

Its branches shade the whole garden
I can not imagine a time it was not there
Each day it grows more magnificent
And yet I know that tomorrow it will have grown just a little more

Today I came to visit the tree
A deep sadness filled my heart
The tree is sick, the very ground is troubled
Yellow leaves cover the ground, bark is flaking of the trunk


The smell of sulphur overwhelms me
The ground is charred, the tree black and lifeless
The ground crumbles, the tree falling into a gaping hole
Nothing is left, just the memory of what was, and what may of been