Potential

Seeds planted
Germinated
Fresh green cotyledon
Breaking through soil
Bursting with possibility
Void of disease, destruction
Facing the sunlight
Using their chlorophyll
to pull energy from the sun
Creating more life

Human babies
Newborns
Void of wounds, mishaps, disease
Alive with anticipation
Open and accepting
Turning toward
The light of love 
From the world

We who witness the potential
Grow 
Full of excitement
While harboring fear
Knowing 
Perfect does not last
Suffering happens
Possibilities do not
Guarantee achievements
But still
There is hope
Joy 
and
Anticipation
In witnessing new life

Welcomed and rejoiced over
 Even
with the knowledge
That pain, disappointment
Will happen
Arriving hand in hand
With growth

New life
Birth and rebirth
Accepting the risk
Loving the whole
That is our challenge
That is our joy
Holding onto the faith
Of Julian of Norwich
That all shall be well
and
All shall be well
and 
All manner of things 
Shall be well.