into the wetlands / with saplings and extra socks / renewing the roots

today i'm jenga / so easily knocked over / with a single push

this week i am March / i am in like a lion / and out like a lamb

my watery eyes / a wetlands irritation / or from our goodbyes?

all my bags are packed / but i'm not ready to go / nola's out my door

where's my parachute? / as ill-prepared as i am / i think i'm falling

presenteeism / i'm here but i'm not all here / gotta meet deadlines

the wheels on the bus / the random thoughts in my head / all go round and round

it's tourist season / bright white tube socks and sneakers / clogging the metro

today i am loved / but i am also coughing / wish i was just loved

i am a cough drop / not quite candy, not quite salve / still satisfying

oh these coughing fits / they won't let me sleep, they say / "get up and work out!"

starting to wonder / if i'll ever be healthy / can't imagine it

the sound of music / do re mi fa so la ti / the hills are alive

the duke blue devils / champions once more, now have / four shining moments

i am a "long week" / same old me, yet different / depends who you ask

there's something about / those 90s boy bands that just / makes me so happy

i am a rain cloud / heavy with a cold grey weight / purging drop by drop

between the cold and / my stupidity, i am / just so discouraged

you'd think i had found / some long lost utopia / a bus with A.C.

denim-print leggings / i'm curious, yet ashamed / are faux pants fo' me?

when the power's out / you are left with nothing but / silence and your thoughts

when the power's out / buildings are sleeping giants / dreaming that they'll wake

oh harry potter / what spell have you cast? i am / so very tired!

i am, a hot mess / today, so you best, not mess / unless, i progress

beautiful, breezy / even the day celebrates / my niece's birthday

typed on my iPad / a meta tribute to you / rest in peace, Steve Jobs

totally under / the weather, but i am just / so over it too

our inspiration / made tangible over lunch / halloween costume

daylight savings time / you were in like a lion / and out like the light

numb novocaine face / surely you're a metaphor / glass menagerie

it's true i've been stressed / but when the week is over / i can get some rest!

fear of success is / just as debilitating / as fear of failure

if the end is nigh / we ought to start crossing things / off our bucket lists

then we made life maps / personal cartography / and cried as we shared

soaking steady rain / massive puddles make leap day / strangely accurate