Anton Paszek: Grow

grow

                soak seedling spread, send roots deep and true

                                                                                             

emerge

                chirp hatchling cry, your nest protects you

                                                                 

wiggle

                splash tadpole dive, under lily pad pond

munch

                chew caterpillar climb, grow big and strong

                                                              

give                                                               

                spread branches little tree, green and thick      
take               
                your own nest to build little bird, twig, grass, and stick     
swim 
                croak little frog, find life outside the pond
beauty
                take wing little butterfly, time to go beyond