Life was dark
She looked at herself, desolately, in the mirror Sunken eyes, skin paled by the advancing cancer Thought of him in someone else’s bed She couldn’t shake off her weary head… Read more »
She looked at herself, desolately, in the mirror Sunken eyes, skin paled by the advancing cancer Thought of him in someone else’s bed She couldn’t shake off her weary head… Read more »
The doorbell rang. She crawled out of the warm quilt, wound up her hair in a quick ponytail and felt the chill of the naked floor as her feet scrambled… Read more »
Those fairytales were endearingly heartwarming- Life’s a dream after you marry Prince Charming Reality- we work from dawn to dusk There’s no time to inhale love’s musk Honeymoon is over… Read more »
I trust you,driver across the yellow line To help me reach home,safe and fine If you’re consumed in the phone We’ll both be engraved in stone Drive responsibly, for your… Read more »
I wanted to asphyxiate it, so I concealed it in a distant nook in my cerebrum where oxygen could never reach. But it did not die, not that day, not… Read more »
How automatic things will be in future The thoughts lead me to a dazed stupor Cabs driving on their own Pizza delivered by a drone Humans scarce, we’ll talk to… Read more »
Lost in the picture on my kitchen calendar My buoyant mind floats in the pond yonder What if you and I were those geese? My unmoored thoughts begin to wander…. Read more »
You, my friend make me a child again Unlocking the silliness I hide in my brain No dirty jokes, I tell my kids With eyes firm under the lids But… Read more »
she tastes pie and cake in the darkness of closed eyesthick street dust bites lips Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge 107
I want to apologize for my burden of wrongTo your ears where my penitence does belongI lingered in vain, the gray swiftly took holdNow my contrition will stifle mute and… Read more »