To A Leafless Tree

Last year's leaves withered and dry Beneath their leafless mother lie On this cold day in January I pity you poor leafless tree. You look sad this Winter day Without your leafy green array And in these times of frost and storm You've no leaves to keep you warm. Gone are all the lovely flowers That bloomed in the Summer hours And gone the bees and butterflies That adorned the sunny skies. You stand in a state of gloom Since Winter's blown the breath of doom It took the green leaves you did wear And left you shivering and bare. Without the sun's glowing face This land is a dreary place Yesterday rain, frost today Summer seems so far away. But poor lonely leafless tree Summer will come just wait and see And you'll don a new coat of green And stand prouder than any queen. And on your branches in the Spring The happy birds of song will sing And like a monarch you'll survey The beauty that is born in May.