13 Trees

I sense them calling through my chest.
Their counsel in my head.
Through thin winds shining shellfish light
I'm shown the way in red.

Their dead sound calmly drawing down
a crescent chambered brood.
As isolation fills me sad
with scars a park has strewed.

That everywhere I think I can
I'll look where more should be.
And everywhere I hope I can
accept that 13th tree.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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June 18, 2018 at 9:02 AM
A daunting beautiful poem.
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June 18, 2018 at 9:24 AM
Thanks Kelli. I hate to see all are parks only have 13 trees in them and spaced for rapists.
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