A tree grew weaker
By the day,
Until in silence
It did lay.
The other trees
Around it, though,
Fared so well—
As they did grow.
And the way of life,
One cannot know—
Although we ponder
As we go.
©
Walterrean Salley
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-way-of-life-6/
