The Seed's Song - A Celebration of Spring

THE SEED’S SONG ver. 4.4

I always knew that the way I saw myself –
All dry, stuck together, tight inside – was not what I was.
Deep down, I always knew.

And when the cold chill of winter began to lift –
I knew.
I knew change was coming.
Deep down, I always knew.

As my hard protective shell softened in the warming soil,
I felt a lovely stirring within me.
I realized I would change, but not how.
Deep down, I always knew.

That stirring within delighted me.
Something irresistible, strong, clean and clear arose,
A powerful moving inside my warming heart.
Deep down, I always knew.

The stirring continued – new parts of me took form,
So newly formed, yet somehow familiar.
Growing in beautiful and functional ways,
Deep down, I always knew.

Silently, the warming soil so gently cradling me,
Slipped aside under the pressure of my growing tip.
I was excited, now singing within.
Deep down, I always knew.

Suddenly I was touched by something
So warm, so gentle, so bright
That every cell, resonating, reminded me that
Deep down, I always knew.

My newness now nourished from the deep
And supported by the nurturing earth
Began to organize the whole of me.
Deep down, I always knew.

And so, my roots, my trunk, my branches, my leaves
Revealed what I am and have always been.
Deep down, I knew, I always knew,
I was a tree.

© Barbara Ashley Phillips 2007