(Written as a reminder of why I must quit.)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, (COPD for...

Apathy, a vacant stare, confusion in sad eyes,
plaques and tangles in the brain...

Black clouds saturate a murky grey sky,
turning day into night...

Sudoku
numbers puzzle...

I stepped outside on a warm spring day
and raised my face toward the sky...

Naked, bare, a mere tree stands waiting
as the sun sets, bringing a moonless night...

(I used types of roses for this write, including...
A Summer Dream of Summer Time, a Tequila Sunrise...

Sweet sanity, why did you desert me tonight
leaving behind dark days, void of light...

Candy,
it's better than...

Fanciful and fearless flexible felines.
Cunning if curious, scandalously scrupulous...

Tears you will never see, spilling from my eyes.
Crying in silence, sobs that you will never hear...

(written for a club contest)
On my face, a smile that won't stop...