Tree a) and Tree b)

i was walking in the forest

all alone

and i noticed two things

the first thing i noticed

was this young green tree,

he was tall

but he never stood tall

he leaned forward with his face in the mud.

an arch in his back as he tried to stand up

as he tried to keep from going down.

then my eyes drew t tree number two.

he was old, he was dead, he didnt even have any roots.

what struck me about him.

was he was broken, and leaning on tree number one.

i wondered to my self.

if he knew what was going to happen

if he knew he would fall down.

i feel like he did.

he knew he was falling.

he wanted to stop it.

so he tried to keep himself up,

keep himself alive,

by maybe leaning on tree number one

tree number one was not strong enough

and now lives with this burden on his back

for his entire life,

he will always have tree number twos death on his back.

tree number one will never give up

but we all know it wont do much.

i walked away from this saddening scene

and i thought to myself.

i just cant stop falling.