Writing for the Wastebasket.

Grand

 

A tree- content to ease its stay

hemmed in by giants, weakened while

it grows aloft and musters will

arboreal way- alone and still

reverent rostrum, proud profile.

 

Toward the light and with High help

it presses forth branch, bud and leaf.

A will within and vision true.

A timely magic to imbue.

Becomes grand through adversity.

 

 

Times of adversity confront each of us.

Without the difficulty of being hemmed in, a tree would not be forced to muster its own power to grow toward the light.  It must bring forth its own strength to spread its branches and flourish.  If it becomes grand, it is partly because of its suffering.  Times of adversity are crucial to personal development.