Dear Future Self

Dear future self,

Life was taken.

I am sorry,

For the world was shaken.

Dear future self,

The tall trees that stand.

The earth is faltering,

This plan which is not planned.

Dear future self,

I am sorry for the dread.

The life forms we took,

And the leaves that we shred.

Dear future self,

Thus a tree grows.

It stretches and falls,

When it hears our blows.

Dear future self,

I write with sorrow,

You’ll see what I mean,

When you enter tomorrow.