Haiku # 17

shadows and moonbeams
play funny tricks on the eyes
when the lights go out

Haiku #16

shopping carts shuffle,
dance across the parking lot
wicked weather comes

Copyright © 2011 by Shawn Murray

Now

She saved my life,
my stepmother did,
long after she was
no longer my stepmother;
she became my friend.
I, involved in a
abusive relationship,
sought her advice
and found the courage
to leave and live
my own life
without fear,
without intollerance,
without controls
and manipulations
and threats and bruises,
just as she had done
so many years before.
And now, fifteen years
later, as we scatter
her ashes, I ask myself
what have I done
with the gift she gave me;
wasting all these years?
And what am I going to do
about it now?


Copyright © 2010 by Shawn Murray

Sour Soul Mates

my heart clutches in my chest
as thoughts of you fill my head
and I wonder if you're alright.
our weird connection worries me
tonight; the way we finished
each others thoughts, each
others sentences, knew
exactly the right gift, the
right meal to make, the
right movie to bring home,
the right CD to play, without
saying a word. more like
one pea in a pod, the other
not needed. and though
we're millions miles
apart in spirit and just
around the corner,
I still hope
that you're okay.

Haiku #15

cool convertible
top down, hair wind blown, cruisin'
and here comes the rain

Copyright © 2010 by Shawn Murray