I walk outside my door

And look upon the tree

Dressed in winter’s barrenness

Plain for all to see

Yet, I see only hope

In the leafless branches there

For in a few short weeks

New leaves will the tree bear

Then it will grace my front yard

With beauty beyond compare

For with its green foliage

It will be so fair

And it will shout of wonder

And God’s bounty and His grace

And all who look upon it

Will see him in this place

For it is through his power

The tree restoration will bloom

And be resurrected from winter

Naked gloom

And I will look upon it

And in it will I see

The promise that my God made

Especially to me

That if I called upon Him

And followed Him in life

I would escape eternal death

When I leave this world of strife

I will also be resurrected

And death will have no hold on me

And go to live forever

With Him for blessed eternity

© 2005 Bobbi Duffy