A Poem

Just because you always remember seeing something

Doesn't mean it's always been there.

Doesn't mean it always will be.

If you just pass by the tree on the corner

And never sit beneath its branches

Or rake the leaves

Or take a moment to study the caterpillar on the trunk

You don't know all the things that make the tree strong

Or weak, for that matter.

When something becomes part of the scenery

It's easy to forget how valuable it is.

That's the problem with becoming a fixture.

Fixtures have to be maintained.

Fixtures aren't appreciated until they don't work properly,

Or don't work at all.