UP

Little seeds, planted in the ground...

they come alive from their sleepy pods and begin to grow.

Up they go. Always up.

Growing up is what we do.

I am small. A little tree.

Sprung from an acorn no bigger than a thumb.

I get older and what do I do?

I grow. I grow to the sky.

Reaching ever upwards.

Growing Up.

Always, always growing UP.

Little children.

arms and hands and fingers reaching high

Up to the sky like I'm a tree

Branching toward heaven

I'm growing up

Up, up, up.

Can you see me growing?

I'm a mother

learning what it means to be mommy

Still growing ever inside.

Where do I grow?

How best to expand my thoughts, my desires,

my hopes and dreams?

Up.

Grow your dreams to the sky.

Grow them to the heavens above.

Look up, there you find the answer.

Growing up to see the Son.

Stretch your arms wide

your heart to the whole sky above.

From above comes your peace, your hopes, your LIFE.

Grow UP.

Fruit of the spirit

bloom in my life

cause me to grow

keep my eyes on what is above

and not what lies beneath

Help me learn what it means to grow up.

Up into what I've been created to be.

Up above all things mortal

above what is unclean

Up to the giver of life

rising above all things

We grow older

the end of our days here grows nearer

what awaits us?

We have grown to know where it is.

Up.

Heaven lies above our heads.

It is not so very far away.

Just another little jump.

Like the tiny seeds that fly from a pod

on fluff light as dandelion's down

rising to the heavens

growing ever
up.