BARE TREES
Around our home at winter time
Are many trees just standing there
So silent, cold and bare
And if they but chose to speak
In one accord, we think they'd say
"Doesn't anybody care?"
For we know it isn't easy
To stand when beauty's gone
And sunlight's rays are rare
Stand, unbowed, unbroken
Not a single word be spoken
Let all scorners, scoffers be aware
That even in apparent nakedness
God is changing and reshaping
Our limbs for springtime fare
So we pause and offer praise
And speak in silent awe
Of trees that stand, though bare.