Heartless vacancy
soul ignites, ready to stimulate
a shoot-off, up, into the vein
brains paint floral decorations
on walls and fine china,
you took it all away
but gave me so much more.
Writer in San Francisco, CA

She claws her way out
of hell, Cerberus howling
breeze warms frigid air
Young buds stretch for blossoming
birds fluttering in the trees