She woke up seeing
him in a different light
flame sputtering out.
Realization
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She woke up seeing
him in a different light
flame sputtering out.
Tag Archives: pain
Facebook status after the breakup
“There’s always rain at
the most appropriate times
in my life,” he wrote.
Rejection
Hives. Itching. As if
her body can’t coexist
with her sense of self.
Writer friend
When she’s not funny
her raw candor grips readers
probing her deep wounds.
Inside the doctor’s exam room
Either it’s a loud
HVAC system or
white noise to mask fear.
In the doctor’s office
Perched on the exam
table like a rib roast on
white butcher paper.
Headache
A mouse burrowing
deep, it peers out but can’t be
caught with eyes open.
Fishbowl
Bored orange nibbles
away black’s filmy fins. Sad
stubs flail lost beauty.
Why I need to sleep
When I stay up late
my thoughts move oddly like lab
mice stunted by drugs.
Back pain
Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.
a haiku a day 