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The Fallen Leaves
Nature is something we all take for granted
Like the leaves as we walk by
For it is easier to step on them
Than to clear a path
It is easier to take one picture
Than to take a few more
We focus on the ground to not trip
Than to look up
To discover the trees
To discover the leaves
The ones still hanging
The ones that have fallen
We like to keep walking as fast as we can
Than to stop and to breath in the fresh air
To stop and look at the mother deer
We walk and walk to meet our goal
But the goal is to get right back to where we started
Rather than to discover a new path
Only when we are told to stop we do
Only when we are pushed down
Only when we trip and fall
Do we have to stop and are forced to see the beauty
That way we will not be frightned by the tree root
That way we will appreciate the fallen leaves
For the fallen leaves are the ones who made you trip
The fallen leaves are the ones who have lost their place on a tree
Only to be stepped on and mashed into the ground
So don't blame them when they teach you a lesson
Mother nature doesn't like to be taken for granted
And the fallen leaves although they are faded
Will have never lost their beauty
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Have you ever stopped and looked at the leaves? Have you ever decided to just walk without an end location in mind? To not just walk but to think... how beautiful is nature.