"If a tree falls" by Amelia Dunn

One Poem Only · Oct 10, 2025 · 3m

"If a tree falls"

Amelia Dunn

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to notice does it make a sound?

Does its impact even hit the ground?

Will the wind still whistle

Or will silence echo in the burrows of what once was

what once was must be forgot

for leaves will fall again next autumn

and shoots will spawn in the spring

does sadness fill you as you stare at an empty home

or do you dance with excitement at the new creations that bloom within you

knock down this wall and we’ll have a dream home

But someone else’s once was must now be forgot

what once was must be forgot

for leaves…