I never fly wing./
Tonight I had to. There she/
shone, full of mem’ries.
Tag Archives: pain
She Hurt Us All: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku Lament
When does it become/
time to unfriend your future/
ex daughter-in-law?
Relative Pain Relating: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
Is the pain our son/
feels like the pain you felt when/
I left? I’m sorry.
Laughing Through The Pain: Improv Blogging Haiku
Don’t think me silly/
or not caring. Sometimes I/
must laugh through the pain.
Avoiding Pain: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
How can I stay glad/
and positive when my girl/
hurts with such deep pain?
Just One? Revolutionary Blogging Poem
When did “Just one?”
become
a question
setting us numb?
and causing indigestion
when asked,
as aspersions are cast
at mealtime?
Couldn’t it be
just as easily
a statement
that meant:
“Oh, just one!”
as in good?
Like Solomon,
so understood?
Or Just as you are inside,
validated,
with nothing to hide?
Openly justified?
So instead of feeling duress
at mealtime,
avoid that stress:
Think of “Just one?” as sublime,
and joyfully answer “I am! Yes!”
A Painful Birthday Poem For My Daughter: Revolutionary ImproVerse Sonnet Lament
I stuck out my foot and broke her arm.
I laughed ’til she cut her face.
I watched her play ’til a shoulder
blew harshly out of its place.
I held her, gently, down
as needles tapped her spine.
She looked at me, surprised,
and winced but didn’t whine.
I sat there and listened
as she poured out what was inside.
It was my shoulder she reached for
when she broke down and cried.
But none of those childhood pains can even start
To compare to the trust lost when I broke her tender heart.