The Bonsai Poem

I start as just a little seed

With infinite potential within

I can grow in oh so many ways

Just a few things I need to begin

Sun to warm me inside and out

Earth and water for nourishment

But most of all I need you Sir,

To guide me in my temperament

Should I be tall and wonderfully straight?

Or instead, all stretched out and low?

Reaching gaily toward the morning light?

Or protecting and shading my soil below?

It's up to you to see me right

And should I go astray,

I'll not be distraught nor regret my path

Four doubtless there is another way

Prune me back and start anew

I'll not just rot away

Life is uncertain, a guess at best

Fear keep me not at bay

Love and patience, courage and strength

With these I will surely grow

For perseverance in all times

Is the key to happiness I know

*For my love...