The Forgotten Seed

Remember me?

The seed that you forgot

to sow?

I have been crying out to you.

You soaked me

along with the other lupines.

You nicked me so I would

grow and prosper.

And I soaked up the water

and you forgot me.

I’ve been weeping

for a long time.

I wanted to be that

beautiful flower that

you would someday pick.

Guess where I am?

You threw me into the

darkness of the trash can.

You didn’t plant me.

I’m angry, wasted and gone.

Yet, I could have been devine,

powerful and lovingly planted.

If only you had tried.

Wasted, filled with sorrow

like that girl

that weeps for her unrequited love.

She and I are alike,

we’ve been cast away

and our hearts are empty.

Simply gone, in limbo

and we will never grow.

You tossed me away,

left to die

in a dark, grungy plastic bag.

And I could have been awesome.

Your loss.

jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted January 25, 2012

Tulips near a doctors office.  I took this one last year.