hazeltons

Not all evergreens are conifers,
some get by without needles for leaves -
some are even as soft and fragrant as a
piano sonata.
Sometimes music makes you cry like the feather
that made a mountain fall.
Endangered and lips chapped, I just put on a coat
and ignore that I don't know the future,
ignore that the not knowing haunts.
When dreams reveal what you truly want -
a lover of long ago and an ink rubbed tattoo
in swirls atop my four fingers -
i'm afraid to lose what i haven't got.

this is a frail sail on my hollow ship,
and its such a long trip.
I'm sorry for being cryptic but its hard to say
anything without made up words
like fake pearls. The ocean is to salty, and you'll break your teeth
on the real thing.