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Does the seed feel claustrophobic

before it splits

into something new

No semblance between

shell and shoot

to soften the rising

with something familiar

Does it wonder

in whatever way

a plant has of knowing

of worrying

whether the world

is better

than being held

from growing

Whether the world

is better

for it breaking

what was home

Does the seed feel the same pain

in moving unknowing

into some

future maybe

as the bones do

when shedding the weight

of what they held unneeded

for some

future maybe

of what the body might seek

in movement and impact

Strong where it’s needed

light where allowed

since light needs the permission

of strength, always expected,

saying “Here?

Here I can cede ground

without everything

coming down

around me.”