The watcher waters, waits
for seeds to leaf in two, then four.
The quickest end
to this green vigil
is to plant a few rows more.
I wonder,
as I wander
through this furrowed, dirty sea,
How slow
seem I to grow
the seeds planted in me?
Ashley Reiter is a speculative fiction writer based in British Columbia. Her debut novel, Resonance Between Our Suns, is now in Kickstarter prelaunch. She is the author of the children's picture books The Lonely Bear Who Went Looking For A Party and Tell Me a Story Mumma.
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