Haiku 253

I need to slow downI need a breath to fill meI need lighter steps

Haiku 252

I bring them all hereMy burdens, my aches, my painsStrength in my shoulders

Something in the dark

Something in the dark calls to meA siren songNo need to moveNo need to speakNo need to blinkNo need for your heart to beatIt only pumps more pain into your bodyAllow yourself to restExtend your exhale, longer, softer, lighterLet the emptiness settleSinking through the Earth, past heaven, past hellDown to the void, erase the feelingErase …

9 Lives

I am an obsolete version of a better manI trifle with the opportunities granted to meI waste my efforts chasing strength I could never hope to matchI fail in protecting herI hide in plain sight, avoiding all contactI deflect attempts to find the bright side, preferring to sit in the darkI pretend to search for …

Haiku 241

Traffic before meEveryone striving forward I feel stuck in place

April Showers

A wish obscured by fogPreconceived notions of what life can beReal feelings transformed into a word, a soundIndicate where feelings become a new existenceLove hidden in everyday momentsSo here we wait for winds to take us awayHow does adventure carry my mind awayOrdinary feats become magic with another lensWilling to experience the depths to touch …

To Love

Each of her eyes held a universe. The moment we united, the moment we parted. Left to right, our life together in between. A fire that lights passion for life. A cold emptiness of a flame that has long been extinguished. Her eyes close, those worlds close.

Haiku 238

Nothing I want is hereI prefer to fade awayI want emptiness

Haiku 226

Soft sounds as clouds floatSun sailing across the skyMy mind fades away

Haiku 224

Birds wake to morningI hide in the depths of shadeDelaying the day