I haven't been able to do much writing lately, but I did get inspired by a writing class to do a bunch of haikus. Most of them are an attempt to distill my entire day into a few lines, using a nature metaphor.
the sky is falling
I am nowhere to be seen
looking up through glass
the monkey boys climbs
his thoughts rain never captured
by nurturing leaf
falling until death
whistling through wind and light
never to be grasped
sleep avoids my eyes
world turning below my feet
the clown stirs again
back in the hot room
words scratch like the sabertooth
finally freedom
my time with children
teaches child therapy
better than the class
day one of many
grains of sand make a desert
digging I'm thirsty
wind blows healing
inhale deeply my stomach
filling my pain
sand upon more sand
buried by fear without air
there can be no scream
my tightened center
why oh why am I hurting
water seeps over
the lovely billows
rising out above my head
begin to let go
quitting is easy
as holding my breath inside
stay quit or exhale
to another place
birds flying above the beat
my heart fills again
and like a cliche
the train pulls away from you
I only have me
