The god-like ability to witness change moment to moment. — I held my breath when I saw it for the first time.
A slender thread of green squirming from a seed,
curving and swaying to an unseen piper’s tune
sun-warmed, wind kissed, two nascent leaves
sprouting like wings, then two more.
A thicker stem, more purpose and thrust
until tightly furled, a flower bud…