Rocky Soil

There once was a farmer

who planted a seed.

Yes, he really tried his best

to help it grow.

He watered it daily,

cared for it deeply,

but the fruit of his labor

would never show.

He could not figure out 

what held the seed back.

And after much frustration

he let it go.

Now the seed was stronger 

than it should have been.

While left to die, it survived

until one day

A fateful, stormy day

the wind blew so strong

the seed tumbled miles away.

It found a home.

There, the seed laid down roots.

It had found its place.

The seed soon burgeoned brightly.

It was not slow.

Its beauty grew and grew;

people would marvel.

No other plant could rival

its majesty.

Little did the farmer know

even the strongest cannot grow

when in rocky soil

they are sowed.