My tree across the street

The tree across the street 
From my window view
Welcomes spring with
yellow tulip blooms
Fresh for a moment…

You are lovely in summer
With your leafy green billows
Of enthusiastic energy
Dancing with the breeze

Fall fades fast
As leaves do
I’ll miss your green waves
Though I do love orange and yellow

But I love you most 
In your winter nakedness 
Gnarly limbs exposed
Your age plainly apparent. 

Perhaps you are my reflection
In a tree.