One lonely bud decides to change
it starts to go from a bud to green
The lonely bud is now a leaf
The bud is proud the bud is pleased
The bud found a new way to be
The other buds began to frown
They looked down on the leaf
Who was different from them
The leaf was sad but as time passed
The other buds changed to green becoming leaves
The lonely leaf is not so sad
The leaf is once again like the others
The other leaves start to laugh
The bright green of their leaves
Outshines the dulling green of the lonely leaf
Who starts to feel sad
This sadness affects the lonely leaf
Its green wore off and a yellow appeared
The lonely leaf was proud of a new color
But once again the others laughed they
Said it was ugly said it was weird
The lonely leaf couldn’t take anymore
It jumped from the tree and down to the floor
The lonely leaf enjoyed isolation
It stared at the clouds it stared at the leaves
It knew it would never be accepted
So it died a lonely death as the
Other yellow leaves fell from the tree
One lonely speck of brown
Swallowed up by a sea of judging yellow
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