How do we live so exposed,
like a roll of film that, once opened,
can no longer render an image?
The bare scaffolding of a tree, its
spidery legs no longer encased
in earth—how does it survive?
As we must—by sending a single
sturdy taproot deep into whatever
soil we can find, leaving some tender
parts vulnerable to what will come.
We must bear up under the onslaught
of too much—rain, sun, wind, betrayal—
leaving our outer limbs sore and blistered.
But look at this view—what’s flowing
or flying by, what comes to rest on us,
a stage for the living, what perches or preens,
rests or stands sentinel, keeping watch as
so much swirls around us,
peeled open as we are. Unveiled. Resilient.
Güd wrtr 
Not sure without the leaves, but this appears to be a corkscrew willow (Salix matsudana). They are not native (originally from China and Korea), but are extremely resilient, despite a relatively short lifespan, typically living only 15 to 20 years.
Thanks, Terry! I’ll have to photograph it when it has leaves again. I love the name: corkscrew willow. It’s been there for a while, so it feel resilient to me… glad to know that it is!
It just occurred to me that our late OHS Coach Glen Poole had two of these willows in his back yard when I was in high school, which I believe is where I first encountered them. He was quite proud of the trees, which made enormous canopies with wide drip lines. He hired me during those long-ago summers to do yard work, which included raking up the thin little leaves of those willows–they seemed to shed year-round. One of them still survived the last time I saw him in 2013, just a few months before he passed away. He still lived in the same house as when we were in high school.