As        I stood

                                 wondering,

                                        my feet planted as

                                                       strong as Your brothers

  I         ask myself                

         “Why are    you so                             different from the rest?”

You are much smaller than   the others.

  why      do You choose to live here?

They take everything... yet somehow,

                                            You still flourish.

You stand short, but I know You’re greater than the rest

                                  because of your spirit.

I want to be just like You.

                       You are my favorite                    because

You’re different.

              I don’t care           much for the others,

I could only say the same for each.

Big & Strong, they are all          about  the same.

         You stand a little   cRoOkEd         with Your branches a little lower

and Your bark a little lighter.            You’re just a child.

Just like               me.

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I’ve been taught to think

of others and what I can

do for only them.

Yet right now, I can only

think of my own self.

You only think of

how much you can give to me.

I don’t do the same.