Reliquary

RELIQUARY

In this tree are the seeds of life. It will restore and display all that’s right.
The One, who has the strength to climb, will find the seeds of life in time.

Asunta noticed one day that her village; the world around her was dying.
She rushed into the woods to find the buried seeds of life.
Not knowing what she might find,
she rushed unrelentlessly not wasting time.
She came across some deer and old woman too.
The woman forbade her to go, she said, ‘you will dye soon”.
Asunta paid no attention as she rushed ahead
looking to find the seeds that would stop the dying from being dead.
She rushed onward checking every plant and every rock,
knowing that there was no way to stop the clock.
Finally she came across and audacious looking tree,
a tree that screamed, ‘get away from me!’
Asunta approached, not scared at all
but darn that tree must’ve stood 50 feet tall!
Asunta started to climb with not a minute to spare,
she just knew in her heart that the seeds of life had to be there!
Through its branches and leaves she did climb,
not ever knowing if those seeds she would find.
To the top, to the top is all she could think about, she had to reach the top without a doubt.
She pulled and she tugged her way up, all for the best,
until she came to the landing that looked like a birds nest.
There she found a casing indeed,
a casing that held those very seeds.
No door at the bottom but a hole at the top,
Asunta figured, 'I have to climb some more to get into this crop'.
She found a long branch and began to climb
remembering that she could waste no time.
Up she went, down she jumped in
there she found the seeds within.
One problem, as she collected the seeds and thought,
‘I am stuck, I am stuck with no way out!’
At that point something magical did appear,
a tree limb from out of nowhere!
She grabbed the branch, held on for dear life
the tree branch lifted her out of her strife.
It placed her on the ground and waved to her farewell,
Asunta knew in her heart, all would be well.
She got back to village without a moment to spare,
she planted those seeds, she planted them everywhere!
Asunta began to notice after a few days went by,
that everything was well, beautiful and alive.
She had saved her village as well as the world around it.
Asunta’s little village will never ever forget that!
For the tree of life spared one more village,
that alone will be a history rebuilt.