HAIKU
Four-time survivor
of blood trapped in arteries
but body is free.
Her sight almost gone
yet her spirit keeps going strong
with love in her heart.
Tends to her garden
as a mother would her child
and thanks for blessings.
Wants to sell her trees
just in case God calls her home
her trees will be loved.
Does not really think
she'll be leaving much behind;
was sitter to all.
Was better mother
and grandmother to many
children she cared for.
Great loss she will be
but will always be around
in every garden.
I was born and raised in Mexico and came to the United States at almost fifteen. I spoke no English.
While recuperating from a work injury and stroke, I resumed a Master’s degree and completed it from Grand Canyon University. I’d picked up writing again during my initial recovery. Some poems have been published in the Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2015, Hometown Pasadena, Silver Birch Press, and Somos en Escrito.