Assignment 3: Write a poem dedicated to teachers whose jobs are harder than yours

When growing a seed
The seed may be good
And the gardener ripe
with good intentions.

But if the air is bad
it doesn't matter.

If the water poured
is hot and acidic

If the sky is cloudy and grey

If the sun shines too hot
or not at all

If the ground is sog or crust

Then growing a seed,
(the seed being good)

While the world seeks to destroy
it just the same,

Then growing a seed,
(the seed being good)

Then growing a seed can be hard.

When growing a seed
The seed may be good
And the gardener ripe
with good intentions.

And he prays

for the air
for the water
for the sky
the sun
the soil

To love the seed as much as he does.

That it's first vulnerable crack
Is not met with aggression
But tenderness and hope

That it's tendrils can rise
Through the shell and
the dirt

To meet the sky halfway.