A 10 year old gazed out of the window..
As raindrops quenched the earth with trickling dribbles..
And the benign sky embellished by a beautiful rainbow..
She noticed the paper with illegible scribbles..

"I'm scared.." muffled words came out of her mouth..
The words fading in the reverberating rain..
Before she could yield in to her embittered truth..
Felt a cold hand on her head with bain..

"You see that 🌱 seedling out there?" came the words of her mother..
Out in the varendah, in an insignificant corner grew a tiny seedling..
Amidst the tall trees, which looked wry althogether..
It stood alone, with an assertive...