Berries by Lizzy Hardingham

 

All but the evergreen shed their skin with the snow

Dancing orbs litter our scene, for all England has ceased to grow

 

I wonder all day long how you stay so strong

The holly and ivy weather the storm

When nature is lifeless and dead- the berries live on

 

Silver maple and cottonwood, winter’s frost couldn’t abide

But holly and ivy, steadfast they stood. While all England was tucked up inside

 

I wonder all day long how you stay so strong

The holly and ivy weather the storm

When nature is lifeless and dead- the berries live on

 

Safe and sound ‘neath flickering flames we imitate the way that they glow

Hung around socks with embroidered names, for all England they put on a show

 

I wonder all day long how you stay so strong

The holly and ivy weather the storm

When nature is lifeless and dead- the berries live on