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Poetry: Describe yourself

I used to think

I was the leaf,

wilting

and

waving

upon the wind,

falling cold

to the ground,

cracked

and

crumbled

under the heels

of those who pass.

But I am

not

that leaf.

I

am

the

tree.

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