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A Part of You
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Learning from the Past I am a part of you,
a ripple in your ocean,
a seed in your forest.
I affect you in a small way,
not enough to be noticed
but my influence branches out.
A ripple can echo through
the whole sea like an earthquake.
A seed transported to another forest
can give life to new trees.
So you might not acknowledge me now,
but in time you won't
be able to ignore me.
That final stanza packs a
That final stanza packs a powerful conclusion, and you held it back to be deployed at just the right moment in the poem.
J-Called