I'M READY

Eyes open,

forward,

head straight up, looking

forward,

knees bent

and there's that one green dot;

still target,

right ahead

finally calling for me.

HAIKU 26

Placing all the bulbs
on the tree as babies watch
oh, to see them smile

LOVE AND ITS POWER

He yells

and she listens.

She's always been powerful.

But love is even more.

We tend to see things

we cannot speak on

until we've felt it a same way.

HAIKU 25

Seeing family trees
you wonder where they are now,
if there’s a likeness

RATHER BE INSECURE

Being on the inside,

flaunting all the things that

mother has made,

from the button-sized boobs

to pencil-skinny toes

and being comfortable.

Stepping to the outside

where people look everyday

and there is much chatter,

and laughter because it's

what people enjoy.

Much rather wear a

floor-length gown

than to allow for breathing pores

on a sunny day.

HAIKU 24

Living in a dream
at the age of thirty-nine
and there’s still life left

LOOKING AT OTHER WOMEN

A pair glazing

back to where

he and I just were,

at the backside

of another woman,

just after he'd expressed,

months after we'd met

that it was me

who would be the most cherished.

HAIKU 23

Wanting for a change
but chaos overwhelms you
but you cry at night

MOTHER

I fall asleep

and dream of carriages,

always hoping that someday

a something magic

will enter me,

do something evil

to the things that don't

want me to be

what she’s been to me.

HAIKU 22

I fight for them all
against my fears and low days
to make real, visions

MOTIVATION

It's like an itch

that others don't get

from a bug

they haven't seen yet;

having dreams they'll

never see until

time passes and

they're all too old to do anything.

HAIKU 21

Sunny days are bad
my skin, it gets to peeling
the whole of me drags

HASSLE, NOT A HASSLE

The hassle is not a hassle,

not when it's getting to you.

Hours away but everything in you

is enough to hold

my eagerness,

though intense.

From the moment we meet,

no time has been wasted,

just waiting.

HAIKU 20

There’s no loving more
it could not be possible
my heart’s highest height

SUMMER LIGHT

Never ready for the day as I

stretch, my eyes still closed.

And then there's the sound,

nothing like what's on the radio;

the birds

calling indirectly

so that I see the summer light shining

through the cracks of my blinds.

Refreshing.

HAIKU 19

I dislike the pain
of being away from you
for you it’s easy

DON'T CALL IT ANYTHING

It's always right when it's

wrong as in we

love but don't call it that.

And I kiss you back,

flip spatulas in frying pans

on hungry days,

roll stiff thumbs into your back

on a week's end. I

wake up to you

every morning, you

staring into my eyes

as if you want to say it;

you want to ask

if I will be your girlfriend.

HAIKU 18

Spoon or a corner
discipline was creative
now, we need more ways

MAN ON MY WALL

I kiss you good night,

man I'll never have,

stare into you

to figure what you're thinking

at any time. The

many girls that lose themselves

over you just

simply aren't strong enough

to have you.

No.

Really have you.

No.

You don't have to know me.

HAIKU 17

She used to rock me
she used to use that same chair
and the chair still rocks

YOU'RE UNFORGETTABLE

Capturing moments

with a camera, my mind,

with my eyes,

trying to save

what could never go away

since I couldn't,

no matter the ending,

ever forget you.

HAIKU 16

Waiting on paper
a writer never does this
hands are paper to

YOUR HOLD

Strong,

but light,

and soft,

and hovering over

while I lay, melting

beneath you.

HAIKU 15

A ring for my hand
a dress that flows like Spring winds
I just need the man