This Tree
You came into my life
And planted a seed
I watched you water it and let me grow into this beautiful tree
Together we were to fertilize and make more beautiful things
Till one day you stopped watering me
You stopped being the golden sunlight that I needed
I started wilting in the darkness
Lost and alone
My fruits soured and I became bitter
My tree did not bare the fruits you once gave to me
I turned into poison oak and there I stayed
Waiting for you to come back and take care of me
The longer I waited, the slower and slower I died
Until one day I saw an inch of sunlight
Coming out the cracks of this one side
I reached my branches as much as I can
As much energy I had
Slowly inching to the sunlight time not on my side
I finally felt its golden warmth
It gave me hope
I don’t know where this sunlight came from but all I knew was I needed It
I felt the moistness of the outdoors
And before I knew it
My tree started growing again
This time my fruits were different
My leaves were bigger
I was broader and I watered myself
I made sure to be in the sun
I made sure I was growing but this time for me
For this tree became the person I was suppose to be
With the leaves long and green
Like the way your eyes once were when you looked at me
For I know I loved you far more than you could have ever loved me
This tree of mine was something so unique
I could have loved you till the end of time
But now I know,
That wouldn’t have been good for me
I needed you to leave
I needed to pick myself up off my feet
I thought you were my savior
But then I realized,
My savior is me