Black Seed

BLACK SEED

ON TOP A MOUNTAIN GREW A FLOWER, PETALS WHITE AND GOLD.
ALONE IT STOOD
BUT FOR NO GOOD,
WHOSE SIGHT WOULD IT BEHOLD.

ERECTED IN PERFECTION
FROM THE EARTH WHERE IT WAS BORN,
OH HOW DID THE MOUNTAIN, RIVER, AND SKY ITS BEAUTY SCORN.

THE SKIES LET DOWN THE RAIN
TO HELP RIVERS FLOW,
BUT NOT CLOSE TO THE RIVER
DID THIS WHITE GOLD FLOWER GROW.

THE RIVER TRIED TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF ITS DIRECTION,
BUT COULD NOT VERILY WET
THOSE PETALS OFF PERFECTION.

THE MOUNTAIN SHOOK AND SHOOK
TO UP ROOT THIS WHITE GOLD FLOWER
BUT DID NOT EVEN SHAKE THE STEM
WITH ALL OF ITS GREAT POWER

LONG TIME DID PAST, AS SO THE WHITE GOLD FLOWER, YES INDEED
AND LAUGH DID THE MOUNTAIN, RIVER, AND THE SKY;
BUT NOT THE BLACK SEED.