Tag Archives: World
Illegals: A Haiku
Rose-colored glasses
And the perfect length lever
Let’s begin the move
Yes Goddesses
With prophetic vision
All the women
In the family
Mothers and daughters
Cousins and nieces
With pets present
Met in unison
Tethered their souls
Gathered their wisdom
Shared bad meals
Cried then laughed
Rolled up sleeves
Studied the data
Examined their hearts
Consulted with God
Exhaled a “Yes”
Cleaned the mess
Moved some mountains
Saved the world
Then slept soundly
Acronyms: A Haiku
Safe. Us, together.
Words. Protection for the skin.
We need them. Sometimes.
Your Venus
In orbit, us
Sometimes suspended between worlds seen and unseen
I wonder
Ever did you close your eyes on Earth
Ignore my gravity and pretend
I was your Venus
Onward Artist
Put it all out there
Graffiti the walls of all the world with all the goodness you can possibly stuff into your every carbon footprint
Yes, your every breath
Send it marching onward, channeled outward
With unabashed hope
With unrealistic expectation, yet with none at all
Believe some force shall, some being must
Carry it all straightaway
To the doorstep, that heart of the other
Knock it will, but know
There may be no answer
But the walls, the world, the carbon, that doorstep
That heart
Needed your work nonetheless
So you remain the same
Resolved,
Folded
For this world, Forever
Saved
For sometime, someplace Later
Planted
For here, and for Now
Made New: A Haiku
This refining stage
That you pluck from me the world
The all I’d wanted
v.
Come, world
Come crashing down
Just as you have threatened
While we stand up straight
Just as we have prepared
Come watch our audacious dance
Come, world
Radio Off
I like others
The way they can sing
About their love
Of another
Don’t stop
I like the voice
In my head, and its pitch-perfect
Singing about
No one and everyone
It won’t stop
