Bedtime
As long as he does
not fall asleep before me,
I won’t be afraid.
Lights
I don’t turn off lights
in my house at night. Horrors
live in the darkness.
Scaredy-Cat
I do not delight
in what I fear; I run from
every last monster.
These are excerpts from Life: a definition of terms, a book of haiku poetry. For more of Rachel’s poems, visit her Reader Library page, where you can get a couple of volumes for free.
