A fracture in time

When I took a detour to urgent care
I didn't doubt I'd again see my fully-branched redbud tree 
But when I returned after three long hours
a large branch had fallen
in a quiet rain with little wind
covering the sidewalk in a leafy mass
and leaving behind
a jagged crack.

Suddenly it was clear to see
my tree had needed urgent care more than me.

We're all damaged goods 
adrift in time
fractured by experience
you and me and the redbud tree
its branches unfortunately susceptible to split
and so are we, 
after many a trip and fall
splintering limbs, shedding blood like sap
and what have we left
after all of that?