2016

It's nice to pretend 

We have it all together 

Instagram is lit 

Life

Don't blame someone else

For the life you end up with

You chose your own path 

Cold blooded.

I never told you 

I was moving to Texas

Bad 6th grade boyfriend 

New York winters

You let me follow 

Your large footprints in the snow

Good Samaritan 

Teenager

When I was thirteen

My parents bought me Jordans

So fresh and so clean 

Freedom

When we discover 

The deepest parts of ourselves

We are truly free

Blessings

The things that we fear 

Are too often the doorways

To our next blessings 

Act

Opening your soul 

Obligates the universe 

To respond in kind 

30

We are victims of

Our circumstances until 

We decide to change 

29

I have tried so hard 

To bury what you have done

It was not your fault 

30

When I saw your face 

Forgiveness made its way home 

Guilt suits you well

29

I once told myself

I would never betray this

Our roots define us 

28

We have scratched and clawed

For a piece of a false dream

We pledge allegiance...

27

Life is way too short 

To be ashamed of your dreams

Go out and grab them

26

I stay up too late

To postpone going to work 

Is this adulthood?

25

We take for granted

The things that make us special

We're so self conscious 

#24

We are paralyzed 

When confronted with ourselves 

We prefer our masks

Haiku #23

Our deepest regrets

Are littered with the wreckage 

Of best intentions 

Haiku #22

The cost of progress

Is quite often sacrifice

It is expensive

Haiku #21

We slept on the floor 

While the oven warmed the room 

Montana winter

Haiku #20

The walls held witness

Yet they would never reveal

The horror they saw

Haiku #19

The first winter snow

Always held so much promise 

Oh to be a child

Haiku #18

Once the lights go down 

The demons raise their voices

Louder & louder 

Haiku #17

When I lose balance 

She is equilibrium 

Balance draped in grace

Haiku #16

Dreams are to be chased

Regardless of likelihood 

Only way to grow 

Haiku #15

Open up your soul

Then price it accordingly

Art's a tricky thing 

Haiku #14

Despite its efforts 

Time has failed to diminish 

Her radiant smile