away haiku

1.
ice on the windshield.
i chip and scrape
until my hands are blue.

2.
the blinds cut the evening
sun onto the wall.
waiting for you to return.

3.
stranded roadside
smoke billows from the engine.
starlings black against the sky.

4.
the refrigerator hums,
the heater clicks on.
the house without you.

5.
headlights pass over walls.
even the dog
perks his ears for you.

6.
a cold moon
hangs in the window.
your pillow still bare.

still here haiku

1.
bald monk on my screen
while rain makes the road a mist.
watching more nothing.

2.
frost on windows.
the cat licking her butt,
then falling asleep on me.

3.
i don't remember
the last time i simply
wanted to touch you.

4.
i said i was sad.
You said that was sad but okay
because that's all it was.

5.
taking the trash out
to forget this zen.
dead dog on the wet road.

6.
our cat
quietly mauls a squirrel.
nothing to do.