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“A seed does not look like the tree it will become, yet within it lies infinite potential. Growth is never immediate; it is the patience of unseen roots that allows greatness to flourish.”

— Shivanshu K. Srivastava

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In the museum by the tremendous slab
Of the tree. And imagined the seed
In soil and the growth quickened
So that we saw the seed reach out, forcing
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