Once plans light the fuse
nerves sizzle, anxiety
flares. Can’t stand the wait.
Imminent departure
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Category Archives: fear
Travel itinerary
I draft spreadsheets, each
detail a talismanic
ward of protection.
Long distance
She’s moving back, two
thousand-mile-wide break in their
nine months together.
Rush hour snowstorm
Four-wheel ballet, cars
spin swirl glide across four lanes
trying to get home
Agoraphobia
Inside ease comfort
outside unpredictable
so hard that first step.
Over the holidays
Ate bad stuff. Gained weight.
Hate myself. Still, I think, There’s
always tomorrow…
Poor business decision
I quit my job to
work on my haiku blog. Chance
of millions, slim / none.
Sugar
One bite then the mad-
ness begins. Binge-stuffing my
face. Swallowing whole.
Laid off friend
Drops by at four, raids
the fridge, toasts unhappy hour
to his firing squad.
On cutting off long hair
Strands layered, length chopped,
I change, shed years, fears, regrets.
Why’d I wait so long?
