The Rebellious Vine
One day, the vine
That clomb on god’s own house
Cried, “I will not grow
And, ‘I will not grow,’
And, I will not grow,’
And, ‘I will not grow,’
So God leaned out his head,
And said:
‘You need not Then the vine
fluttered its leaves, and cried to all the winds:
‘Oh have I not permission from the Lord?
And may I not begin to cease to grow?’
But that wise God had pondered on the vine
Before he made it.
And all the while it laboured not to grow,
It grew; it grew;
And all the time God knew.
