THE
STUBBORN LEAF
The tree shook, and shook,
but it couldn’t shake off - that
one last leaf - that one last
leaf - hanging onto - branch 17.
The tree said to itself, “Okay,
stubborn leaf, I’ll wait you out -
till you finally fall and you’re all
alone - on the cold, cold ground.”
However, the tree couldn’t shake the idea -
that it still had one
last leaf - still hanging on -
still hanging around - so it finally said with
resignation in early spring, “Okay, you win!”
The tree realized - life’s big lesson: you don’t
always get what you want, when you want
what you want. It was
then - and only then -
that - that last leaf let go - and with a last laugh.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2017
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