An Oak Tree

Take a look at the oak trees

In the park standing tall

Like a tower of resilience

Despite the leaves that fall

Stripping them back to their fraught frames,

All naked and on display

Like us they dress for the season

And it will soon be spring again

And you and I were not designed

To be evergreens I guess that

It's time to long for April to come

Am I willing to wait here again?

Although I'm hungry and I'm tired

And all the bridges I made on the way

Are quickly turning into fires

And as the embers are growing

And no phoenix emerge

I guess another set back is just

Another lesson learnt

Let's strip it back to the bare bones,

Though not a matter of choice,

There's still something of worth

In just an acoustic and a voice

And as the new shoots start growing

At the start of the year,

The tree is ready to deliver

Despite initial years

And you and I were not designed

To be evergreens I guess that

It's time to long for April to come

Am I willing to wait here again?

Although I'm hungry and I'm tired

And all the bridges I made on the way

Are quickly turning into fires

And as the embers are growing

And no phoenix emerge

I guess another set back is just

Another lesson learnt