#Haikai Challenge #13 (12/23/17): Christmas #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga For Frank Tassone’s haiki challenge.
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Almost Christmas

We hold hands across the hospital bed. My husband is asleep and I watch him as he sleeps. Outside the window, snow falls – slowly and silently. Sounds filter to us from other rooms along the floor. I move my hand to be more comfortable. His breathing is steady.

snow falls outside –
the window reflects us –
almost Christmas