[POEM] knot

convulsing mood leads

only to the waking ache

of companionship

the frustration of longing

and a disappointing dream

[POEM] Sail

Sailing like petals

floating with the creek current,

words trail on pages.

If only my lips were as

well-versed and content to speak.

[POEM] Three Tankas, Three Words

A raven lands, perched

outside my bathroom window,

watches my awkward

application of makeup

and battle with pantyhose.

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[POEM] To win the war

There comes a time when,

in order to win the war,

one must surrender.

So in defiance,

I lay not my head to rest.

Insomnia fails

when it cannot bother me.

[POEM] Home

Life finally starts;
settled in bed beside you,
I am home at last.

My things are scattered
in the hall; box upon box,
waiting for their place.

The morning finds me
sighing my goodbyes; knowing
after every day,
from now ’til death eternal,
I’ll always come home to you.

[POEM] Absence

To feel such relief
and solace in the absence
of an empty life
exhale the pent up anger
inhale sweet contentedness
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He’s gone. Life can continue happier knowing there is a void where he used to be.

[POEM] Storm’s Edge Tanka

such calm while distant
thunderheads roll asunder
grasping moments’ fear
we were trembling here once
now we bow to the storm’s edge

[POEM] Home Sick

Define the feeling
of being lost and alone
while in your own bed.
How do you quell such a pain…
when you must wait to go home?

Near Death

Time behind the veil

reveals what needs to be seen;

the best, or the worst…

foundation of consciousness,

the building blocks of one’s soul.

WDBWP Halloween Prompt: Fear

The senses succumb

while a consciousness lingers.

Sinking through the dark,

futile curses toward heavens

sluggishly fly to no one;

a last reach for life.

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Here’s a little entry for the We Drink Because We’re Poets Halloween Prompt: Fear. My greatest personal fear, although not really something that Halloween-scary, is drowning.