falling petals

slowly I embrace

my aging body 

*Sakura Award recipient in the 2018 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festial Haiku Invitational

fireworks

in the distance

serenity

*Published in the September 2018 issue of Stardust Haiku

no more grey

I finally call it

rape

life after trauma

even the tulips

cry obscenities 

*Published in #FemkuMag Issue Four