It’s a Stretch

It's a stretch to believe that roots brought this scraggly plant to life and with blossoms! Solid rock 

does not exactly suggest a quaint garden space.

I suppose the world feels like that solid rock to any age. I was going to say ‘a little one’ or ‘a toddler’, but then my grownup world does feels a bit rocky some days. 

Yet, we keep forcing a life, good 

or not so good, from all the rocks 

strewn about the world. For me, 

I’m pretty stubborn. I just keep 

putting down roots with belief 

and hope that they will grow.

“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.”

~ Tennessee Williams