I am a leaf, small and colorful
I wonder why I am so tiny
I hear people step on me
I see the big tree that I fell from
I want to be back there on the tree
I am a leaf small and colorful
I pretend to fly back on the tree
I feel like I can run away from the
People about to step on me
I touch the branch of the tree
I worry that someday someone might take me off the ground and crumple me
I cry every time I am stepped on
I am a leaf small and colorful
I understand that people don’t care about me
I say that I am beautiful like the leaves on the tree
I dream of being back on the tree
I try to go back up there
I hope that I am not stepped on anymore
I am a leaf, small and colorful
— Vincent Flores-Aprill
Age 6
