LITTLE TREES

 LITTLE TREES

Small little trees so rarely seen
in the summer when all is green
are sometimes pretties of them all
when their colors liven up the fall.

Tree leafs hanging so bright
then one windy rainy night
we awaken to a lovely sight,
a covered floor of leaf delight.

Mother Nature dropped her apron
providing us a sight to look upon.
But there she doesn't leave it long,
and next prepares her winter song.

Now the little tree and mighty oak
winter grey thoughts they provoke
and wood fires burning by the hearth
signal another year will soon depart.

John Mullinax November 2009