Analogy Example: First Prose presentation

When a single tree stands alone, miles away from the forest's edge, it looks back and senses the emptiness that solitary brings. A large grouping of maples can smile wryly at such an isolated tree, as if to say, "why don't you join us? Oh, wait, you can't." For beneath the superficial differences, like species, size and absence of surrounding brothers, the tree has roots. Roots makes moving impossible, for as hard as the lone tree may try to move towards the others, he cannot, because of his roots. They tie him to where he stands, out of fear, and out of familiarity, keeping him away from the unknown, for the unknown can be a vulnerable and scary place. Though the other tree's may tease him, he will not move because his roots will always hold him in isolation. The maples will not meet him half way, nor will they coax him over because he is different; unwanted. He will stand alone, tied to the ground, and remain there until some one with enough sympathy and compassion will dig him up, and carry him to the others. But how often does someone desire to help a loner?

An analogy on behalf of National Bullying Awareness Day, February 25th, 2009.