Larger
There, the placid lake I threw my anger into
Strivings and feelings
Surface and firmament
Indistinguishable now
And although I see no green light starboard side
I’ve nothing left to try to sail
Or swim or flail
Memories softened
It’s time to take time
Take care
Dry my wings
And fly
Devil: The Haiku
I’ll never forget
Your outstretched hand in the fire
What I thought was Love
Under The Tree
I wish your teacher
Hadn’t taught you hardball
Or you’d have played a bit softer with me
And had I needed
Not to wipe the sweat from your brow
You’d be sleeping, I’d be living a life
Flee now, rejection!
Else I wish forever more
On this Earth, in my dreams, and in heav’n
Reckoning The Haiku
You deserve a storm
Justice-soaked and beautiful
One who bears my name
Data Points
Sitting nicely in her exam room
Obligatory questions asked of me
And didn’t I have to lie
Leave the crying out loud for the inside?
For, one’s home is her castle
One’s heart is the treasure
Her smile, sacred
Didn’t I have to lie
I, her patient patient
Breaking
There are times when shadows will not do
Will not do
Will not do
When their storied presence pains the eye
Pains the eye
Pains the eye
And I see wrong mystery, dark’ning doors
Dark’ning doors
Dark’ning doors
I will not walk with small legs
I am Green and too tall
I cannot speak small ideas
I am orange, after all
If I won’t think tenderly
What good, my white-hot touch?
When I love, as the trees
Rainbow me…caring much
You are in need, Man