Sprouting

At first, I was weirded out, 

To slice open this tomato

 (Which we left out on the counter because 

Our daughter says it’s wrong 

To put them in the fridge) 

And see what looked, at first glance, like worms. 

But then, upon realizing they were sprouts 

 (I’d never seen this before; have you?)

 It was like, ooh! Extra crunch! Extra nutrition! 

And so beautiful!

 I was torn between planting it and eating it, 

But eating won: it was delicious, 

And I like to think of all those sprouting seeds 

Sprouting inside me, like ideas, 

Like new growth, new opportunities for joy…