hospital window —outside, waving and smiling,tears falling on frost
solitude
Rain Haiku
Haiku #1 Rain falls from the skyDies screaming on the windowListen to the sound Haiku #2 Rain falls from the skyDies screaming on the windowGives the grass a drink Haiku #3 Rain falls from the skyDies screaming on the windowIt’s a life well-lived
Alone again
the scent of burnt cloves and saltwater sticking on her jeans She thinks about roasting coffee that way but doesn’t. The ocean is restless.
Florida Bound
Chasing them Across an emptyField, honking allThe way, he ranFaster than I did It’s finally late October And I feel left behind.
Stormy Night
There is a loneliness to hail dropson a tin-roofed cabin. The woods and flowers and secrets ofmountains are lonely. So are the trails, ponds, and bridges; the vanished sources looking for a beginning. Dripping drops a million years in the making. Falling asleep in the wounded soil of dreams.