Somewhere in the wild woods
Once grew a tree tall and wide,
It stood above the smaller trees
And mounds that lay aside.


The branches offered to others
Shade that was cool and calm
They cared for those they sheltered
From the wildness of a storm.


When the branches learnt that the tree was known
For the care that they provide
Swollen was their self esteem
Mighty became their pride.


The branches then neglected the trunk,
The leaves and the root,
As they thought that they were the only
Reason for the tree’s repute.

As the branches ignored
Their own roots over time
Gradually they waned away
And lost the shade sublime.

Little did the branches know,
The importance of a stable base
Losing which one falls always
In the abyss of disgrace.