a petal will not grow into a flower.
you can try all you want, but it won't have that power.
a flower will not grow into a tree.
a flower is a flower, and that's all it'll ever be.
a tree will not grow into a seed.
it'll be chopped down into wood because that's all that we need.
a seed does not grow into a stem.
neither does its brothers, so a grave is dug for them.
tears cry upon them blanketed with ground.
the next week a garden will be found,
and among them will be a tree
that will bloom into flowers, its petals scattering upon me;
a tree that came from a stem grown from a seed;
a tree that will soon find the strength to grow and lead.