The Tree

the fall

I'm on day two of my human life, five more days to go. I found shelter in an abandoned building, but still no job.
I robbed bins behind stores for food and clothes, so i didn't starve and looked more human to the other people in this world.
I need a job but I will have to wait for the morning. It's late at night, technically the next morning, the start of day two. I haven't slept yet, as i am trying to make this new home cozy for the time being. I'm hoping to make it welcoming and homely for myself whilst I'm walking on two legs instead of being planted in the ground.
If i just have a welcoming home, it might make this week a bit better for me.

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What would be amazing is if i could find someone to get rid of this curse.
If i had more time, it would probably be easier to find someone to rid me of this curse. I would rather be stuck as a tree forever over being a human anytime. Being human is a curse. It is disgusting and painful, and humans are the worst creatures i've ever known of.
All they do is harm the earth and kill my family so they could have these pointless homes, i've been alive since the start of time and humans didn't need homes, they used to ask before taking even a branch or a leaf from us. now all they do is cut us down and put us into pointless items. If only i could give payback to all of humanity, but that isn't a humane thing to do.

I will deal with humanity another time. First, i have things to do in this world, so I can provide for myself by getting a job so i can use the money for stuff i need.
Hopefully, I'll find someone somewhere out in the world during this week of being human. i want this curse gone, i want to be me again, not this monstrosity of a creature. this waste of space, at least as a tree i had purpose.
I walked out into the world, fixing the clothes the gods had given me when i transformed, looking in every window i saw, trying to find a 'hire me' poster, but it doesn't seem there is any, i will have to find another way to get a job, i need to find a way to figure out what this world is like now so i know how to act normal.

The longer i go acting like this, the more my roots feel rotten. I need to be me, but if im me. They will see the true monster i am, i have to keep masking and let my roots just rot more and more.
I can feel my legs giving out underneath me as i walk, holding onto a wall to keep myself up. I need some water or something to prevent me from rotting faster on the inside out.

Looking around, i see a park coming up. There must be water somewhere in it. I keep pushing myself to walk, rotting roots feeling stiffer with every step, dragging myself to the crossing, pressing the button for the light, i lean against the pole.

Crossing the road i enter into the park, lucky i find a little pond. Stepping to the edge i sit down on the corner so i can dip my feet in to let the roots under this human flesh be watered. Without water i dry out and the process of being human hurts more.
If days were slower maybe it would be easier to stick as a human but not when my roots rot every few hours without atleast one thing i need.
Atleast photosynthesis is easy to do as theres always day after nightfall, but water is hard to find on dry summery days.

I relax as the water circled my feet, the coolness of it on my skin felt amazing. Looking around the park i see im not alone,there are many others here but none of them seem concerned that im just sitting here.
There were dogs, people and all sorts in this park, even my own kind, Trees, were in this grassy field. It made me feel at home being here.