Lost in the Woods

Beyond the walls of Tintagel, 

The air, the rain

Spur on thy horse

Lean, give head the rein.

Fly! As though a thousand demons

Flank thee, legion wolves 

Assail. Specks of sleet slap

Wetly cheeks and breast both

Chilling bones and flesh.

Good steed heaves, falters,

A hoof can bear so much only.

Dismount and lead, still quickly 

In the dark and dim. How to home 

Beating foot to sodden ground while

Heart in ribs caged, bounding.

What will become of this?

Why Would They Listen to a Woman?

 She said I hurt 
They said lose weight
She said I want tests
They said you're looking for drugs
She said my hair is falling out
They said go home and stop bothering us
She said I just passed a one inch kidney stone.
Here it is- I measured it. Help me!
They said take one ibuprofen and eat better
She said I can't breathe
They said well it isn't the plague so here is one round of antibiotics
Try to find your own oxygen during a pandemic
Now Go Away
And quietly she stopped breathing
And went
Away

Haunted

 I woke up in the grass.
So empty
Should have been terrified. 

Don't remember how I came to be there.
I woke up in a van. 
So cold
Unlocked on the roadside, snow on the ground.
Alone in the quiet and still.

I woke up looking at a face
I haven't seen in ages
Woke up aching, grief the only sinking thing
What other feelings?

I woke out of a fog, a trance
Some drawn out, dragging
Doomed dance of sleep and non, but never
Woke like when I weep.