"its struggle"


from the ABC set ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙this poem book that he gave

this dusk,
as she gazed into the sun's setting,
she leapt into its centre
was set alight
and burned `til ash.
amidst the ashes,
a seedling.
its wisdom lay
within its struggle
rather than its survival.

`t. imaan tretchicovmanicova
24feb11
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