In the garden of words

I walk the garden of words
looking for the one that could spell

all the things my heart pronounced
when you walked into my sight

but still I’m searching
and yet you’re dwelling, waiting –

then our eyes link up
and there it is – the word – outlined between us

existing only as long as
our souls are connected

(APED prompt 11)

Wilt

you say

only this one time more

you say, stay

I promise to tell you the truth

this time

and I won’t disappoint

you say

this time, as one of thousands

and I listen

and I care

and I love

in spite of all your vacillation

I try to support you

but my will is wilting

and my heart is aching

to see something grow –

beyond

your words

(APED prompt 8)

I can't unsay

I said the word

I let it flee

from the edge of my heart,

the darker corner

where my conscious is blind

and the word picked up speed

from this room –

went through walls and air

through dimensions unknown

and hit you

where it hurt the most

and how I wish it was unsaid

and how I know

it can’t 

(APED - through thick and thin)

Release

Release your inner
blue imagined elephants
- words will set you free!

(Haiku horizons)