As I look upwards
These leaves’ beautiful pattern
A sign of illness
The leaves above me: a #haiku
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Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 
What? A sign of illness? Why? How about this: As I look upward, these leaves’ beautiful pattern, nature in harmony.
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Apparently, the leaves turning brown is a sign the tree is sick. Though the leaves are pretty, this tree is dying.
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So that’s what you meant! The tree is sick, not you.
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The irony is that I, too, am sick. But the poem was focusing on the tree. My germs probably directed my focus a certain way, though. 🙂
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So sorry.
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