Gracious lady stands roadside –

adorned in elegant leafy green.

Languidly, yet deliberately transforming

until she’s clothed in  finest

fall foliage – shades of coppery flame.

Savored briefly – then in time

she proudly displays her lanky

leafless, barren limbs,

until spring endows her once

again with fresh budding green.

(Every year I think this about a tree on Island Ford Road-just trying to pay homage.)