we start small.
off the radar.
under the clouds.
in through the out door.
wish you were here.
then, as things do, it’ll grow.
the question is, can you wait
do you have patience
do you have means
and worst of all
do you have time.
i once had this little
99 cents store plant
stuck it in a pot
and ive lived here 19 years
now
and it’s climbed up my wall,
up my neighbors above me
and should hit the roof
any day now.
i never did anything special
to it
water,
spit
sunshine.
things are meant to grow
my mom told me
pointing out a plant
she had that grew out of
the cowboy hat it arrived in.
it was enormous.
when i was interviewing for jobs last year
ppl would say how did you do it
how did you make those things grow
i said
sometimes the best thing you can do
sometimes
is just make sure the sunshine gets to it
since, as im sure you know
we live in a land of shade.