each day

is now shorter and darker

let me

have a moment

with this dying rose

*Published in Issue #23 of Moonbathing

a woodpecker

pecking pecking

each day

is a constant battle

to stay sober

*Published in Issue #22 of Moonbathing

like the folds

woven into origami

I am

creating my life

into a thing of beauty

*Published in Issue #20 of Moonbathing

frost encases

each blade of grass

this belief

of not being enough

for you or myself

*Published in Issue #19 of Moonbathing

**Winner of the Editor’s Choice Award

first mammogram

my robe

slips away

and then

my dignity

*Published in Issue #16 of Moonbathing