1

on a cold winter morning
a blossom sprouts
premature

2

rain pouring
I gaze outside
will dad ever come home?

3

still air
a blizzard of thoughts
fight for inner peace

4

12-point stag
frozen in its tracks
a chihuahua

5

fresh fallen snow
paw prints
paint the scene

6

don’t make
a sound
doe and I are eye to eye

7

faded silhouettes
i see polaroids
of their lives

8

a butterfly
with beautifully colored wings
why am I a moth?

9

you can’t see me
always in my head
who is it?

10

step by step
cigarette ash
leads me home

11

the lonely nomad
finds sanctuary
under neon lights

12

I look up to the sky
it is filled with starry lights
fireflies

13

alone on the road
nothing in sight
can’t stop now

14

twenty pages
no words
due tomorrow

15

one-hundred, ninety
remember they are
just numbers

16

morning coffee
i wake up
feeling tired again

17

land of the free
prisoners do time
for a crime not done

18

golden arches
for some
guiding stars

19

bright white snow
neighborhood overcome with silence
a twig snaps

20

neighborhood cul-de-sac
         barren street
a slippery slope

21

colorful lights
still left up
from the weeks before

22

markings on their body
paint the picture
of life

23

one pill every night
for the rest
of your life

24

winter
frostbite meets . . .
the fireplace

25

I turn on
the news
stomach floods with pain

26

I reach out my hand
and He
chooses another’s

27

crunching of packed snow
a tail wag
I meet my new neighbor

28

the cold breeze
strikes my face
when will it end

29

fox freely runs
busy with work
I yearn for a change

30

friday night
laughter outside my door
I turn off the lights

31

from my warm habitat
I open the door
the south pole

32

warm, sunny day
as I sit in the park
ice cream truck music plays

33

the tallest shade of gray
as the moon peeks through
conversations deepen

34

a white rose
growing ever so beautifully 
she is perfect to me

35

as I get ready
i put on my daily mask
it's not Halloween?

36

leaving home
and you realize you forgot
your happy pills