Friday Haiku

My kind friend Sally

rang yesterday afternoon

with a sweet bouquet

lavender et al

she picked from her own garden

to cheer and heal me.

You see, I had loss

of a tooth, a wisdom tooth,

a planned extraction

due to impaction,

and me, finally finding

the courage to go.

It also meant loss

of seventeen years of fear

of having this done.

I will miss Sally

dearly - she is packing up

and moving forward

for new adventures.

Moving home to New Zealand.

Much too far away.

So I have strung up

this beautiful gift of love

in my studio

to find a way to

preserve these moments we share.

It's new incentive

to dig them out and

put my travelling shoes on.

Kiwi anyone?