u/JaDdz

The day I saw you you were just like me. A branch sticking out of dry soil, nothing but one single leaf clinging to life. The shriveled tip of what was once a prosperous leaf reminded me of me. My hands , my hair, my nose. I trembled under the cold uninviting night as I laid my eyes on you. I had no choice but to take you with me and cradled you under my coat. I had hope for you when I took you in, I had hope when I poured you water to quench the thirst you felt. The soil crack under the torrent I gave you. You gave me hope when you sprouted your first bud , gave me hope as I nursed you to health. I did see myself in you as I mirrored your existence and nursed myself back to health. My heart swelled and grew stronger whenever you sprouted. Dewdrops gleamed under the sunlight , beautiful and clear as emeralds. 
My hands were there to serve your every need, there to share your every cry. I wept and you wept. I laughed and you blossomed. Seasons changed and you grew even more beautiful than ever. The night I found you was just a distant memory of unwanted days. How I shudder at the thought of what you’ve suffered and endured. How I shudder at the thought of being discarded, ignored and forgotten. What is worse, I wonder, being ignored , rejected or forgotten? One cannot come back from such a feeling of abandonment. I shudder once more, not from what you’ve been through but from my own vile and wretched self. I shudder once more for doing to you what I’ve endured. From inflicting what we both lived. I shuddered from my own cowardice as I woke up one day and carried you to the streets with the empty heart I knew I couldn’t feel. I shudder from the thought of my own cruelty as I laid you down on the street. The sun lit as bright as a summer day when the dewdrop gleamed when I turned my back on you.