Imagine a plant that never lets go of its dead leaves.
That even though the dead leaves wish to fall to feed the earth
through the sun and the minerals beyond,
the plant relentlessly keeps them in one by one, close to its roots
and the dead stems multiple in layers
to the point that
the plant becomes crazily covered by them-

These layers and layers of the past-
that wishes to pass,
but nevertheless its become a part
of this plant that no longer looks
green or exciting
and nor does it last-
because it eventually gets worn down-
The weight on its shoulders have caused it
to drown,
And the new leaves are hiding inside
a messy shell
of dead of leaves that really belong
somewehere else.

But this scenario is never true
because plants are naturally evolving,
they would never do-
these things, they just face the light,
they are one with the sun's rays
and eventually they let everything pass-
for there is no attachment to the past-
they are just enjoying what is Now-
what more than that?

Can we be like a plant,
that recycles the old
with the new?

Can we be like the plant,
that is light and free
and contantly at ease?

Can we be like the plant
that faces the sun
and never hides from the rain?

Can we be like the plant,
that always, always
enjoys a new day?

I say YES!