I am one of many
Small branches in our
Broken family tree.
Always looking to
the ones above
For guidance, strength,
and security.
We’re all together,
Together we will stay, but
Not forever.

One little branch trying
To keep the others from
breaking away
Who will fall?
And who will stay?
No love for one another,
Lies told to each other,
Creating a storm.

Now I stand alone,
Looking at this family,
And I see the broken branches
I once knew
Scattered about in pain.
Leaf by leaf, limb by limb.

There are those who
have destroyed this tree
To the root of our
very foundation
And those who have passed
this destruction
Down to every
new generation.

If I could,
I would change that,
And have them
never to return again,
To harm the generations
that follow me.
I am one of many
But alone I will go
And plant the new seeds
Where a beautiful tree will grow.