Today I am small.

One life.

One leaf,

Waving in the wind

In an immense forest.

Today “we” and “me” are synonymous

Inseparable.

Inter-dependent.

Risking it all for each other.

I am here to collect the light

And the rain.

Only what my single leaf can carry.

And yet my gift is life

to the living, breathing, rooted being that is “we.”

For when we each share what we’ve been given

It is enough to sustain us all.