(2013)
Haiku about friends
On a walk, many Brown-Eye Susan line the border, before the woods. Rain clouds move closer as if to give a hug, while
Red bird perched on a tree limb laced with snow. So happy to see him and the joy he brings.
Today, I wish the pain to go, the fatigue that I fight so. This process of aging is unkind and yet, the law of nature is a fast lane of change.
Tonight, the wind whistles as it rushes through the atmospher… Winter’s bare limbs of swaying trees, dance in the shadows.
Every hour we are someone Different, Every day something new Learned, Death is just another
Itchy eyes scaly feet achy joints and bad teeth hair so fine
Looking at my journal’s Blank page While geese fly by and honk A greeting. The red cardinals
The birds flock to the bird feeder, some with black, capped heads and others with
Oh billionaires! How you have lost your soul, lost the goal and kneel down
I do believe, to give to others lends meaning to our lives. To be there
I lay still While my loved one, Sleeps. His warm hand In my hand,
What inspires me... Hummingbirds buzzing as they land, on nearby flowers. Their amazing wings
Oh hummingbird Where are you now? Have you taken My courage with you? Oh hummingbird
The hummingbirds are buzzing As well as the bees. The Orioles land gingerly On top of the feeder. Cautiously they move down
Perhaps it is the mind separating things into this and that. Perhaps it is the mind with it’s preferences