Outside my window

Outside my window, there is a tall oak tree.

I watch it every day as it sways.

I watch as life moves around it.

Always wondering

Will it fall? Will it break?

No, it's too sturdy for that.

Will it make it through these next few years?

Most certainly, I will watch as it grows.

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I watch and watch as the seasons go.

The changes in leaves are quite the show.

From green to yellow to orange to red, they change.

Sometimes they even look like mange.

The oak once so full, now barren and stark.

I truly find it a work of art.

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Winter has truly come

It has laid it on quite thick

The squirrels and the birds are nowhere to be found

The tall oak looks lonely to me.

All dark and black, covered in pure white frost

I wish it could see how it glows

I want it to remember its strong form now.

Like when it blooms come springtime

So full of life and flowing happily about

The animals come out from its warmth inside

Scurring about bringing it to life again.

The tall oak has become a lifelong companion for them.

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Trees give us so much in life

Oxygen

Warmth

Cover

We could not live without them

Watching as the tall oak ebbs and flows

It reminds me of my life

The ups and downs, lefts and rights

The tall oak handles them all with grace and light

If I act as the tall oak does, what will I be?

Happier?

Stronger?

I guess I'll have to try

Even in the middle of winter, when it looks its worst

It shines inside and believes in the changes in the sky

Thank you, tall oak tree, for giving me hope

I will watch you outside my window each day

And ebb and flow just as you do

Through this crazy thing we call life

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