Haiku - Diamond Trees

Diamond trees
Sharp edges, Companion
-ship With light

The right word

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. -Mark Twain

HT John Godec. 

Grief

this loss
becomes her forum for mourning
spoken, shared
and pangs, Oh
the w r e n c h i n g
shedding tears
payloads;
unloaded
unkempt
undone

such need
(as ever before)
just felt
with complete, oozing barrenness
stripped
grief’s acid dripped
across tongue and eyes
never to speak the same
never to see the same
never to be the same

the grief inside of me
different, but the same
crushing load
of loneliness
separation, keen
unspeakable
and such jealousy, burning
for reuniting
for righting
for healing

Cold, greeting November

The broken flow ebbs out of me, words like sneezes
reticent yet unstoppable
ignoring allegory and reason
letting loose a tailored tale
of flesh redeemed in a hopeless season

The words do matter
and I'll keep on
fiercest love glimmering like first snow at dawn
morning's breath caught cold,
greeting November
autumn's hasty retreat, another goodbye
another chance to choose
to live             fully alive

You are here

I had a vision: My hands were bloody and tear streaked after I held them up to his face, cradling his bearded cheeks. 

He said “I have seen the tears you have cried. Do you think I’m not here?” 

Oh, my God, you are, I am in awe. 

You are here with me.

unfreezing phrases

News reverberating-
Reciting,
Bracing

Reticent,
Hesitant,
To embrace the allegory

Bastard story
Uncommon, fresh
One in eight billion wounds to thresh 

Speaking to forget,
Listening to lead,
Hearing to see

Chasing autocorrecting identities 
Unfreezing phrases on 
Unkempt pages

Launching a disruptor
And showcasing 
Need.

Half moon

Silly half moon
Broken, ajar
Or are you awakening to 
Who you always were?