Beneath the Snow 🌹

A seed can be planted deep,

hidden from the self—

far enough that the heart protects it

from the harshness of life.

It stays hidden,

safe from the world’s distorted version of love.

Untouched,

in God’s hand, protected.

Without light it does not grow,

as no seed can sprout

in darkness alone.

Yet by God’s wonders,

as the warmth of the sun

finds a lost seed beneath the snow,

so too it finds its way—

and in the turning of the season,

the seed becomes a rose.