Take a look at the oak trees   In the park standing tall   Like a tower of resilience   Despite the leaves that fall   Stripping them back to their fraught frames   All naked and on display   Like us they dress for the season   It will soon be spring again      But you and I were not designed   To be evergreens I guess that   It's time to long for April to come   And am I willing to wait here again?   Although I'm hungry and I'm tired   And all the bridges I made on the way   Are quickly turning into fires   And as the embers are glowing   And no phoenix emerge   I guess another set back is just another lesson learnt      Let's strip it back to the bare bones   Though not a matter of choice   There's still something of worth   In just an acoustic and a voice   As the new shoots start growing   At the start of the year   The tree is ready to deliver   Despite inital fears      And you and I were not designed   To be evergreens I guess that   It's time to long for April to come   And am I willing to wait here again?   Although I'm hungry and I'm tired   And all the bridges I made on the way   Are quickly turning into fires   And as the embers are glowing   And no phoenix emerge   I guess another set back is just another lesson learnt