The Tree
I live and I breath;
dance in the breeze.
I am on it the Earth,
I stretch up to the sun.
I am tall, proud.
I have been here for so long.
I wear a crown of golden leaves,
I sway in the autumn breeze.
Then sharp pain,
I scream but no one hears.
The pain continues, on and on.
I start fall.
My brothers and sisers can't catch me,
even though their arms are outstretched.
I fall down. So far down
and crash on the ground.
My limbs crack,
I can already feel the rotting in my core.
I am dying but my leaves are
clinging for dear life.
I now lay here,
on the floor.
I can no longer reach for the sun.
My death has slowly begun.
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