June 23rd

I couldn't enter her room without full protective gear. While preparing myself, I told a passing nurse, "She's dying. I just want to hold her hand."

skin to skin

the way you soothed me

as a child

*Published in the February 2018 edition of Seedpods

**2nd place in the UHTS Samurai Haibun Contest 2017
***Selected for the 2018 Red Moon Anthology

fresh vanilla

your arms

around mine

*Published in the February 2018 issue of Stardust Haiku

Slippage

, and it was very surreal, like a dream within a dream

how gently

rain falls

down

the edge

of reason

*

Empty Pockets

I remember the first time my grandmother said she loved me. It was right before she asked if I could buy her some cat food.

wind-swept leaves

what's gone

is gone

*

Ordinary Illusions

before the crash, seconds really do become miles

past

present

future

it's wherever you drop

the needle

*Published by The Other Bunny on 2/19/18

apartment life

the gift of earplugs

on Valentine's

*Published by Haikuniverse (www.haikuniverse.com) on 2/14/18