Trees.

What do they have to hide?

What is it that they cover with their leaves?

Is it the marauding birds?

The gossiping monkeys?

So special is the springtime

That there are secrets

That the trees do not share

With humankind.

In the winter,

They are bare.

Fall, they begin to reveal themselves to the world.

But they cover and disguise

What is to be found

Within their leaves

In the summer.

The flowers are but a mask-

Distracting the soul

From feeling what can be felt

When one only remembers

That there is a world behind the veil

Of the forest leaves.

Did you know that the cartoon foods of our

Dreams are just out of reach by us? They just

Are. Did you know that? Also, did you know

That every food from a cartoon show

Will taste different to everyone that

Tries it? Did you know? Really? Well that’s just

Fantastic. Right? Just Great. Simply splendid.

They are wonderful inventions, cartoons.

They allow for a person to feel as

Though they are in a different place. Like

How each cartoon creates a universe

All its own. With creatures all its own, too.

There is no end to imagination-

So why must there be for cartoon foods?

One can only imagine

How it feels to have a hug

From someone loved.

It feels like a dream

Creeping in to say “hello”

In its silky slithering speech.

Arms that wrap the mind tight.

A love that gets to see the light.

Hugs are emotion.

Believing in the life to come.

A way to say “thank-you”

To those who are cherished.

A hug can mean the world.

To give one is to receive one.

And truly it connects us all.