13.3.13

As a tree


I felt the roots of me burrowing their way into the earth. The soil, moving to the side as they dug deeper and deeper, until i could notice that I was changing, that my leaves were less wilted than before. And slowly, as I watched, they turned from grey to green. Some of them fell to the ground, but the others grew bigger, and suddenly, I could really feel it -- water, rushing through me. I grew taller, and before long I could see the city from afar, and it looked so small. An ant hill. I could see children running past me, and some would stop and sit beneath my branches. Over time, I gave great shade from the heat of the summer. The days grew hotter, and my leaves were great in size and bright in colour. I was dormant no longer. 

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