The Trees Are Bare

I lost you like

A tree looses it's leaves

I'm sure there are tears

I'm sure it grieves

You are gone

But I'm still there

Tall and strong

Exposed and bare

Looking at where

The memories grew

Missing them

More than I miss you

All can see

That I have lost

But they cannot truly

Know the cost

But I can see

The beauty in

Bark stripped clean

To begin again

The tree has no choice

Every winter it must die

It does not choose

No, neither did I

The trees are bare

I am too

We are ready

To begin anew