IWH Haiku Challenge #10

I come fully charged Uniquely, truly myself There’s no one like me. . . . Initiate growth Potential unlocked inside Finally happy . . . . Photo credit: Susi Bocks

Chase

I awake feeling you still The memories of us are so vivid I feel so close to you In this moment half asleep I close my eyes quickly, trying to catch the dream Before it, like you, gets too far In the beginning I was lost without you Now there are days that aren’t consumed […]

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She is grasping at straws Clinging to hope Broken, tortured bruised What have I done to her What have I done to myself

Happy Place

. . I feel it moving in Darkness just around the bend Its growing colder The familiar silence The calming stillness It engulfs me The pressure pulls me in Hugging me, pulling me down I continue to fall My reality starts slipping away My memories further still Darker Quieter Its peaceful here Not even the […]

Suspended

The glare of the light The sound of nothingness I am suspended in time Awaiting my fate I have done all I can I’m desperate for closure It’s not the end I’ve prayed for Not as calm Not as peaceful However this is what I probably deserve Suspended in time Tortured with yesterday’s Already feeling […]

Haiku 32

Round and round we go Where I stop only you know Lead me by my heart

International Women’s day

What an exciting time to be a female. Its International Women’s day. I mean one whole day where everyone celebrates women. Memes flood social media (I did it) a shootout given to those women in our lives that inspire us, give us strength, raise us (shout out to my mom, sister and closest ‘gal pals’). […]

Sunrise

The water is cool against her skin There is an eerie calmness that surrounds her Sun is just peaking over the hills in the distance Breathing light into the shadows dancing on the water She stands feeling the sand finding it’s way around her toes as her feet stay planted against the small wave The […]

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I don’t know where to begin To end up next to you You’re but a distant memory I keep reaching back for yesterday With each tomorrow you get further away

More than just a check

“You’re not going to broken forever” That’s what I have told myself for years. Every bit of progress made, pushed back by yet another speed bump. It is tricky, an art, to balance the crazy with the normal. A dance between somber and elated. It is a roller coaster of emotion sometimes all felt in […]