I see a leaf fall from a tree

I do not know who I will be

Will I ever love?

Will I be loved?

I look up,

Could that leaf be me?

My people high up

Them and their greed

For power as if it is all that they need

The need for speed to rise above the WE

I watch them look down at me

Watching me fall as I am in need.

As I fall, I think

I am just one leaf,

But am I the only leaf like me?

Or could a gust of wind make them

Fall alongside me?

Or maybe I am not the leaf,

The helpless leaf who falls.

May I not sit there in my own grief?

So, I stand tall

Like a tree

Maybe that tree

That tree who gives back to others’ needs

The tree might be just like me

My roots are what I need

There is no greed alongside me

I know who I will be

I see a leaf fall

But I also see a tree

Standing tall.