Gavotte

This is the dance in
side my head. No two left feet.
Only thoughts, spinning.

Can’t sleep 8

I must be up in
five hours. It’s like walking a
tightrope…or knife edge.

Porcelain serenity

Only quiet time
to read tea ceremony
book is in bathroom.

Haiku journal

My small gift to my
self – a few words at the end
of a busy day.

Dead tired

Every night I
play Russian Roulette with sleep
instead of bullets.

Can’t sleep 7

I said I’d be in
bed by ten. Then midnight. Now
it’s one. How ’bout three?

Boob tube

I lock the TV
behind the armoire doors so
I can get work done.

Deadline

Some days it feels like
all I do is sit on this
couch and write for hours.

J’s collapse

Home sick, she lies in
bed, stomach queasy, still in
her day-before clothes.

Trick or treat 2

Halloween spirit
eludes me, like the ghost of
someone I once loved.