Heliotropes

Heliotropes

the tree bed is tucked beneath a crystallized sheet
that the February sun has yet to melt into forgiveness

a yellowgreen bud pokes its face through the cover
peeking out from beneath a shy veil of snow

pedestrians pause

some bow or kneel in awe
others raise their pale weary faces to the eastern light

Deborah Hauser
Babylon, NY
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund