There was one green leaf left on the tree
and I just couldn’t understand
none of the others had survived
yet that one green leaf was still alive.
Then a bird came and stood right next to it
I was scared that it would pick it off or something
but it didn’t
that one green leaf was still alive
and I for some reason was happy
though I didn’t really know why.
That night I went to bed
and it rained and rained with powerful winds
I thought of that leaf wondering if it had yet given in
I went out the next morning
the sun glaring sharply in my eyes
and there it was to my faithful surprise
that one green leaf was still alive.
Days went by
I seemed to forget about that leaf
I was too caught up in my own grief
fearing my future
doubting my dreams
then one day when I walked by that tree
something hit me.
I was finally able to see
I looked up through the light
and there it was
that one green leaf was still alive
surrounded by others
the tree was now full of leaves because that
one green leaf
refused to die.
By Dahlia Kurtz
