I was placed here as a nothing.
With the hope of nature that I would become a something.
To emerge and become, to become, and go on.
In the hopes that I would become strong and tall.

When I first opened my eyes all was in darkness.
But as I grew up and emerged some things became clear.
I did not know how I should have been or who I could have been.
I thought that I was supposed to aim to be the ideal.
But when I grew up, I realized that there was no ideal.
That persons were who they are because of who they wanted to be and their own circumstances.

When I emerged, I was still so young and dumb.
But as the years went on, I too like everyone else learned to be me and was too the product of my circumstances.
The years went on and I saw others fade away, be cut down, starved by others, and the growth of newborns.
The usual Natural Selection.

But throughout my years in this forest these three truths I’ve learned.
Everyone has their own humble beginnings, whatever their humble might be.
People change as they grow so never be too hard on others or think too highly of them, they are weak as you.
And life never stays the same, it always changes so never lose faith.