Haiku; Trees and Mothers

Hello.

Are you awake?

Now, are you sure?

Completely

sure?

Every day we breathe

inhale

are they short gasps that come and go before you can manage to say that it is

okay?

because it is okay

I hope I've told you this. I know I've told you this. I know I'm sappy and  being too sugary can make us sick, but it's Thanksgiving, 2024, and our first one to say the least.

they dream of white christmases

white as the bleeding hearts drooping by the summer window

stolen from their vine as a child’s breeze tumbles by