My Short-lived Life

This is a sad tale about the life of a leaf!

My Short-lived Life

Clunk........... screech............ bam!

Down, down I fell onto the hood of a truck. Then a breeze blew me to the edge, and onto the hard concrete ground.

I wasn't always this dried shriveled looking dead thing. I was once a wee little speck on the end of the branch. See I started out small, getting bigger and bigger each day that I grew. Spending time with all the others that happened to be growing near me. I suppose had I been living somewhere else, I might have lived longer. But here I was in the heart of the city. The smog wasn't healthy, along with hardly any rain could stunt my growing cycle. So my life was severely cut short, leaving me where I am now.

If I am lucky, I'll lay here for days without being bothered. But if the wind blows, I'll be tossed hither and thither - hmmmmm, I 'd like that.

Hither and thither........ to bad I am not a rock near a stream. Then I could gather some moss! Hence I am not though, just a dried up dead useless object kicked about!

“ Oh woe is me” he said while all the others looked down at me.

I yelled “ see this is your fate �" this is what you'll end up being!”

“ what's that you say, way down there....... I can't hear you?” a vague voice came from the top.

I answered “It's only a matter of time, your fate's been sealed. Not by me though, but our creator and the one's entrusted to our care �" Mother Nature and Father Time!”

“Ohhhhh” came a resounding cry.

They knew then instead of being a vibrant healthy living thing, the would resemble me -

a shriveled dried, dead leaf!

Just then someone walked over, stepping on the leaf.

Crunch.......... crumble, he was really dead!