remember when we were just sixteen years old we found a seed among the leaves we brought it home and we stared for hours at a time at our prize our new amazing life but it failed to take it wouldnt wake and slowly we moved on the same as we grew older our lives would intersect no more i never threw it away i kept it safe and i lived alone for oh so long in this house i built on living ground from time to time i saw inside and slowly it took root in me