NaHaiWriMo - day twentytwo

22.
 
clawing upwards
fighting the undertow
reaching for light
 
*
 
is it inexorable?
can there be a turning back?
will there be singing again?
 
*
 
it’s always slow
the way silence builds and grows
we hold onto goodbyes

NaHaiWriMo - day twentyone

21.
 
you hear them at night
find traces during the day
they move like whispers
 
*
 
searching for secrets
we dig and scratch and claw
disturbing the wound
 
*
 
all that rage
just below the surface
hidden disappointments

NaHaiWriMo - day twenty

20.
 
the ice cracks
as i pour my whisky
wool and vanilla
 
*
 
all i could think of
the way you moved at night
the way you moved
 
*
 
under the blankets
i can barely stay awake
how am i so tired?

NaHaiWriMo - day nineteen

19.
 
like a memory
your banner over me is love
like a memory
 
*
 
so much weight
everything i never said
here’s a bucket
 
*
 
we’re still hiding
everyone needs a shield
collateral damage

NaHaiWriMo - day eighteen

18. 

late at night
the moon shines through the trees
the coyotes howl

*

we tromp in the snow 
the air is crisp with the smell of pine
laughing and talking 

*

the river is thawing 
the light cuts across the path
strains of birdsong