I hold my
sexuality
with pursed lips
and *******;

a wry smile
belies
a life of
joys and regrets.

The deepest bruises
stay numb for the longest time;
self-preservation.

One senryu today
awakens, braces; a second
quenches spirit's thirst.

Apologies are
unnecessary; nothing
sorry about you.

Please walk through my fears
with me; I feel alone, and
death is real tonight.

there's craft enough
to last my lifetime;
any artistry left?

To truly know the fire,
one must taste the ashes.

To truly feel the burn
one must know the flame

To truly burn with fire
casts off the brightest light.

and in the ashes lay
the taste of another day

Cut yourself the slack
you would allow your best friend;
be kind to yourselves.

Some for a reason,
some for a season; even
lifetimes come and go.

A day of reckoning, where I must face
the bridges others build, the bridges burned;
to understand what gifts have come in grace,
and underscore those loved whose loss I've earned.

I write
leaving her
memories
I know
she'll never
read.

three days of freedom
full acceptance of full self
from friendly ould soul

I will put myself
in the future, looking back
at the present pain.

Been called a mother
often; best of the day from
one to another.

Naked, moaning softly, bathed in sweat,
jaw agape and panting. Such a sight;
a perfect beauty I'll not soon forget.

Charming evening's prelude to a night
where passion grinds your voice to feral growl,
jaw agape and panting.  Such a sight.

The gentle purring now belies the howl
from shattering release that takes you whole
where passion grinds your voice to feral growl.

Your strong yet silken legs enfold my soul,
as you recover life from petite mort,
from shattering release that takes you whole.

No need to contemplate what's still in store,
I'll hold this waking dream until we sleep
as you recover life from petite mort.

Tomorrow's work and worries all will keep,
I'll hold this waking dream until I sleep.
Naked, moaning softly, bathed in sweat,
a perfect beauty I'll not soon forget.

Some people change their
colors and fall away; a
few are evergreen.