I am little Willow 
I was happy with my family all around me
There was Mother Evergreen and Father Oak
There was Grandma Elm and Grandpa Forest
There was Aunt Maple and Uncle Fir
There are many more that I cannot name

We all lived in harmony together
In the whorl of green
Years and years later, people came in
Our family was kind to them
We gave them food and oxygen

We also gave them shelter
when the wind blew side to side
When the waters flew up and down
We protected them through the worsts of weather

Then advancement came
I thought it was a good thing, but not for me
I was now a teenage Willow
I was happy and strong ready to face the world
But when I grew up, i found it very hard to face the cruelty before me

More and more people came and started cutting down my family one by one
First it was Uncle Fir and Aunt Maple
Then it was Grandpa Forest and Grandma Elm
Next it was my parents, Mother Evergreen and Father Oak
There was blood and screams from every direction
I was confused
i was scared

I was heart-broken when my family left and I was all alone in the world of buildings and pollution
I was in the world where there was no heart
only greed and money

Now I became middle-aged Willow
It became harder and harder for me to breathe
I became sadder and sadder through time

People pulled off my arms
i screamed but nobody would hear
People kicked me
I cried but there was no one there to comfort me
People took out all of my leaves
I tried to make them stop but no one saw
Some people graffitied me
I was angry but no one knew
No one knew of my sorrow
No one cared

One night , I woke up to a noise
The noise was of my parents, my grandparents, my aunts and my uncles
They cried Beware Willow!!
It became louder and louder as the night went on
I was terrified
But , it was the people to blame
The people we were kind to
The people that we were ready to give up our lives for

Now I was old Willow
I needed help and comfort
I needed some one to say I love you
I needed some one to say that you are the best
i needed some to be there when i needed them the most
But , as you know no one cared of what i needed
It was only about their needs and comforts
Not mine

I over heard some people say they will cut me down and build a hotel where I was standing
I was scared and sad by the news, but I knew I could not do anything about it
I knew that the only thing that people cared about was money and profit
People only cared about themselves and their family
But, nobody cared about me or mine

Then one sunny day, I saw people with chainsaws and other machines coming to cut me down
I stayed strong
They went into my ribs
Blood flowed out like the river that was no where to be seen
They went into my heart
I screamed the loudest i ever screamed
I cried, I cried so hard
But , no one cared or heard my pain

In the mist of cutting , I prayed that I will live a happier life soon
I prayed that I will be out of this pain
I prayed that I will live with my family again
I prayed that I will live in a place where I will get respect for what I have done

And with that, I fell to the ground hoping for a better world