Monday, August 30, 2021
the journey (three haikus)
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
the path
the path to
independence is saying
no
after no
after no
until there's nothing left
but your own way
the path to
your own sanity is trying
to find what sun
you can
in all the darkness
that surrounds
and try your best
to begin to shine
in what's left of the sun
inside yourself
or so they say
(light)
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
anything at all
there was a time
when i didn't know
what i was coming home to
i'd peek around the corner
listening for any
disagreeable word
any crash of dishes
anything at all
then i'd look in my room
to see if anything was
out of place
or anything new
was added
or if there was
anything at all
there was a time
when i came home
and the floors were bare
and my mother's mind
was full of every dark secret
that my diary once contained
raging again and again
she tried to reset my thinking
with anything she had in hand
anything at all
until there was nothing
in the air but unsettled dust
misplaced trust
and the beating of my heart
in my ears
(fears)
Monday, August 9, 2021
the egg and i (haikus)
nothing was inside of me
faraway lament
you don't remember me
anymore
your coworkers with
the laughing eyes
come to call
dazzling your ears
with a thousand syllables
of hello
and they're there
and i'm over here
perpetual cloud over
my shoulder
sun in my eyes
looking off in the
faraway distance
signaling a sign of
desperation
but you don't hear me
through the waves of
office sirens
who bend at your will
for the fair chance
to touch your air
of resistance
(dance)