He felt the Sun before the Shade.
First came the Ripening...
then came the Realization.

Pome fruits are not the same
as Citrus fruits.
So an Apple ,
will never be an Orange.
So a lonely Apple
amongst many Oranges ,
will forever feel foreign.
Maturing through
droughts , drudgery and
fate-filled storms without warning...
a fruitfulness was forming
as the distant Tree
stood dormant.
With no other fruit
hanging from it' s branches ,
it seemed growing Apples
was no longer important.
As to "Why ?"
One can only assume
what reasons are in assortment.
But what IS clear ,
considering
the field where it landed ,
years away
from the Tree that formed it.....

The apple , does fall far from the tree.