the one

i divorced instead

of being

blessed

to die young

to escape

neglect

.

haiku

fleeting

something like terror

mirrored in eyes meeting grief

brief in divorce room

.

haiku

knitting patterns

again uncurling

dull pain

from skein

pulling it

on over my skin

.

haiku

rock-a-bye-bye

each time he smashed her

thinking she’d get softer

she got rock-harder

.

haiku

bee~breathy

memories thrumming

at the edges beckoning

blowing through cobwebs

.

haiku

oasis

they’ll carry cactus

damage in their mouths, melons

as sweet hurt as wells

.

haiku

plucked

his slender fingers

( never tender instruments )

used to

blunt romance

.

not a haiku

crack-up

close da curtains, love

ain’t lettin’ ‘im back in

love comes thru da cracks

.

haiku

from grace

onto blurred air , i

draw my body ; sly nude pose ;

mist conceals bruises

.

haiku

missus

i miss you i wish

i didn’t remember the

good bits i bit off

.

haiku