Leaf Connections

Many leaves

Green, with defined ridges

Veins like spider webs

All connected to the stem

Straight and strong, but flexible

A slightly lopsided backbone

Holding the smooth and leathery.

leaves

Rows and rows

Like oars extending from a boat

Moving with the slightest breeze

Soft rustling

With an odor from the earth

Now the leaves are wobbling

A bug journeys from aft to bow

Stops and munches

Pain felt by one leaf

Pain felt by all

They are connected

Indestructible

Able to withstand wind and

storms

But by themselves

Weak

Susceptible to the smallest insect

When connected they feel each

other's pain

When apart they drift

Lost ships in the open ocean

Free from any connection

Free from any pain

But alone

Never growing

Lost

No stem to anchor them now

No one's pain for them to feel

No one to feel their pain

Drifting

Alone

~Kirpal Demian, Senior