In the teeming dark forest, many Leaves will weaken and drop in droves and fade away in dusty clumps before the tree grows tall and strong.

Yes, the fallen leaves are the rising ladder for the rising tree. The dead leaves provide the sustaining manna for the maturing tree!

For each leaf that falls, the surviving tree thrusts itself upwards to kiss the regal sun in grateful supplication for yet another life gone down to make its day, and the ray of a new light!