We both had bad dreams
but she’s okay, Portland-bound,
scratching poison oak.
Out of the woods
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We both had bad dreams
but she’s okay, Portland-bound,
scratching poison oak.
Sleep clings, plastic wrap
strong, dreams passing for real while
phone sings otherwise.
A’s dream–a fairy
cottage in the woods–simply
too good to be real.
I quit my job to
work on my haiku blog. Chance
of millions, slim / none.
Wisdom’s spark. Fortune
cookie poetry message
ignites hope change growth.
West Coast starting line
pavement our road map we head
east back to our roots.
She cried at the film’s
end, remembering how much
she’d once loved the book.
We discuss the soul,
ponder death’s postlude, then choose
the happy ending.
She blithely sails out
the door. No explanations
save her secret smile.