Random Acts of Writing - Three Shorts

Christmas Morning

Nestled in bed

drowsy and drifting,

soon will break

the shell of sleep,

crack open

a new day,

the dew of dreams

drying quickly

as I emerge

to unwrap

this day.

******

Retro Words

I swoon

about swell,

take a shine

to keen.

******

Solstice Haiku

Light and dark stand still

on this cold December day

before light takes lead.

A.H.

An Unpolished Heart (for John on our 10th Wedding Anniversary)

Wish I had

a polished heart,

all sweetness, light

and butterflies.

This is not my heart.

Ratty, scraggly,

broken, scarred,

patched –

this being Alaska,

with duct tape.

This is my heart.

Thank you

for handling

my imperfect,

unpolished heart

with care

and love.

A.H. 

Witness at Woronzof

Battered and broken,
many didn't
survive the storm.

This is depression:
stuck in the mud,
weather coming in,
I can't move.

Wind and ice
at Woronzof,
this drab day.

This is depression:
it is gray,
it always has been
and always will be.

Next summer
I will come here
on a day fat with light
grayness gone
but I will always carry
a piece of ice
that never melts.

A.H.
Note: Artist Sarah Davies. along with volunteers, did a public art installation at Point Woronzof in Anchorage. She created life-size figures representing people struggling with depression and other difficulties. The artwork is in response to her own experience with depression.
Soon after installation high tides and severe wind destroyed some of the figures. And so it is...