Tree
I’m falling on to the damp earth
Parted from your branches
One by one.
It was one by one
That I became a part of you
And now you shed me unsympathetically.
It’s in your nature
I know.
But I’m lifeless,
Without your tender bows,
Holding on to me dearly.
And as I fall,
One by one,
You watch me grow paler,
And more brittle.
But you stand strong.
And empty.
And though I made you beautiful,
And gave you the hues of the sun.
You shed me still.
I do not know if I shall be born again
Or another shall take my place.
Only Spring will tell.
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