Everything is fine
Nothing is wrong
A smile is pasted on my face
Laughter comes quickly
It’s a mask
a farce, a lie
Inside
I cry
hopeless…

the company that is kept
affects us deep down
we should be uplifted, encouraged,
heartened, missed when absent
not everyone is
worth…

suddenly
without warning
without intention
without choice
you were gone

at day’s end
put to rest
all experiences
turn the page
close the book
until the next morning
open the book
write a new page
for the new day

(haiku)

flock of autumn leaves
like butterfly migration
float in swirling wind

Trauma occurs,
life implodes,
shock ensues,
life as it was
comes to an end.
Everything that was known
is brought into question.
The world as it…