A New Word Today .

         
         
Invented a new word today  
happened when walking  
up the hill  
Along the cobble path  
past the    
fruitless Avocado        
[a majestic tree]  
Looked at the now    
dried fresh water spring    
where many a white dove    
had bathed before;    
today, just barren and bare          
         
I arrived at the Olive  
there stood my tree  
[that I had visited so many times before]  
suffering the winter        
and the autumn before it  
To tell the story  
I needed a word  
so I blessed and christened        
“leaf-less-ness”          
         
Bared my feet  
Filled lungs    
with fresh spring air  
contemplated Sandy    
Turned, to make my descent  
I realised I had finally experienced    
“leaf-less-ness”          
         
The voices in my left ear  
sang louder    
than I had heard them sing before  
“well that took a lifetime”          
         
         
[.]