Thank you!

Waves
Of sadness
The tide flowing in and out,
So near and yet so far;
An invigorating splash
Of grief.
I am alive;
The children
Of my dreams
Are not.
#SenseWrds prompt 88

A Judas kiss is murder
#7syllablesentence #kiss

I don't sink; I ride the waves
#7syllablesentence #ride

Platitudes don't fix the pain
#7syllablesentence #fix

Take time to think, and then speak.
#7syllablesentence #take

Give aid; don't exploit victims.
#7syllablesentence #Give

Piecing together
my fractured life
of a million
broken pieces
into my masterpiece
one tear at a time.

#blueskyrelay #fracture

Speak sense or remain silent.
#7syllablesentence #sense

Light shifts darkness; truth shifts lies.
#7syllablesentence #shift

Sow your tears and reap your growth.
#7syllablesentence #reap

I have been torn apart
And sewn back together
So many times
A patchwork jigsaw
integrating treasures and scraps
And though I will be cut once more,
This time right to the core,
At the end of it all,
Every broken piece
Will still be part of my whole.
#SenseWrds 33
#infertility #hysterectomy

Don't compare pain; just show care.
#7syllablesentence #care

I want my words to change lives.
#7syllablesentence #want
#Bigdreams

A bend in the road
Rather than fear the unknown,
I will discover.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #Bend

The now banned
Mercury glass thermometer
Would inform my Mother
That once again I had reached a high enough number
To justify snuggling back down
Under the duvet
In the expectation of sleep,
Daytime TV
And the buzz of drinking
Lucozade.
#vss365 #Mercury
#memoir

They never arrived
Though I saw them in my dreams
My womb stayed empty.
#haikufeels #arrive
#infertility

They never arrived
Though I saw them in my dreams
My womb stayed empty.
#haikufeels #arrive
#infertility

Don't fuss unless it's worth it.
#7syllablesentence #fuss
#priorities

A spiral of smoke
Signalling logs on the fire
A cozy warm home.
#DailyHaikuPrompt #spiral

#Chasing a dream
Is a worthy goal
But not achieving it
Does not define you.
Those that keep fighting
Through the tears
Of shattered dreams
Are at least as strong
As the one who struck gold.
#vss365

You slipped? Get up; don't give up!
#7syllablesentence #slip
#Addiction
#Recovery

I kept being pulled back,
A prisoner to my past,
Nightmares and flashbacks
Kept tormenting me
Until I chose to confront the memories and fight my dragons.
I found the rope and I cut it;
I rewrote how I would tell
My story.
And that, my friends,
Is liberation.
#vss365 #liberation
#survivor

Roll out of bed; the first step!
#7syllablesentence #Roll

Dusk caught me off guard
But I'll wrestle through the night
Until I am blessed.
#DailyHaikuPrompt
#Dusk #wrestle

I will not shout from the rooftops
Just so people hear my voice.
I am more modest than that.
But I will raise my voice
If it will bring justice to the oppressed
And I will preach freedom
As long as there are captives.
If my name ever be known
May it be because
I made my voice count.
#vss365 #modest

Invest in playing board games.
#7syllablesentence #game

Sewing seems serene,
A work of art that glistens;
Trapped in spiders' webs.

#Dailyhaiku #haikuprompt #serene #web

Though I have fought many battles and won,
Once again I am naked and disarmed
Unprepared for this fresh wave
Of tears
As the infertility rollercoaster
Comes back up for another round.

#vss365 #disarmed #infertility

Seek discernment for your guide
#7syllablesentence #guide