An Oak Tree - Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

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

It will soon be spring again

But 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

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

As the new shoots start growing

At the start of the year

The tree is ready to deliver

Despite initial years