To the lonely dreamer

To the lonely dreamer who writes to stay afloat, but who knows there’s holes in the boat, who smiles when the mirror cracks, who sticks fingertips with thumbtacks, the hopeless  believer, the unacknowledged achiever, the background dancer, the poetic free lancer, I give you  a salute  and praise  that will  hopefully dilute  the oppression that halts your beautiful blooming.