Skin thin as paper
Folded on my mother’s arm.
My heart breaks with love.
My mother’s arm. Fairfax Nursing Center, Virginia. Sunday, 22 June 2014
Afternoon Visit
Category Archives: Haiku
Near the End
It’s like glass breaking,
The crystalline tinkling sound
Of heart chords ending.
My mother’s pearl bracelet, gifted 15 years ago to her only daughter, worn as “Something Old” at her daughter’s wedding. Photo by Lindsey Naima Hemphill, owner of Naima Photography. The Plumas House, Reno, Nevada. Saturday, 12 October 2013.
Screaming Blue Jays
Genovaite Ambraziejus Cizauskas, my mother. 15 August 2012. Leesylvania State Park, Virginia.
Blue jays’ shrills wake me.
They scream, mother is dying!
Mother is dying.
Hubble’s View
And we are stardust
Playing in this, our heaven.
Miraculous, all.
Marilyn’s Mirror
Marilyn’s mirror
Shining light onto her light
Reminds me of mine.
Help with the Rent
Coworker angels
Reached into worn pockets:
Wonderful Life scene.
Angel Love
As you spread your wings
Ecstatic in your desire,
Your love is service.
Her Elderly Mother’s Recovery
Her energy rose
Above the DMV noise
During the phone call.
Email to Her Sister’s Husband
“That is all I ask.”
Lurking beneath politeness,
Words hiding venom.
Easter Sunday
Bed bugs sting all night
While her mother lies dying:
No resurrection.
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