日没

Violets, grays,

Oranges, pinks,

Spectral beauty

As the Sun sinks...

A fleeting

Fabulous sight,

Made by the

Dying light...

Rest

Hug my pillow,

Lay on my left side,

Then slowly, into

Sleep, I slide,

Float away on

A quiet tide…

Fossil Fuel

Convenience,

Freedom, mobility,

Dependent on petrol

Availability,

For God save us,

Angst and alas,

If we ever run

Out of gas...

Companions

Unnoticed, but

Always there,

The assumptions

And trust, we share... 

Air Force Solution

Hiding in a high rise apartment,

They found the targeted man,

So they destroyed the entire building,

Efficiently, according to plan,

Huge guided munitions,

Deployed from the sky,

Like using a sledge

Hammer, to kill a fly…

Mysterious

As if holding its breath,

The new day,

Is deathly still,

Quiet and gray,

A morning which

Has lost its way…

地震

It comes without warning,

Sways, bounces, shakes,

Things fail, fall down,

In the chaos it makes,

And all you can do

Is hold on for the ride,

Hope you are lucky,

With no place to hide...

Freeway Fear

No bus, no train, only

Cars for the age-impaired,

Caught in frightened, hostile

Traffic, driving scared...

Awoken

One’s view of things,

Consciousness, RPM,

Much different at noon,

Than at 2 AM…

Insomniac 

Spooky power,

Of a dark

Ghostly hour… 

Adroit?

OK, my poems are clever,

You say, which is all

Good, all right, whatever…

Cold Front

Trees swaying, hissing,

Whispering sighs,

Plied by Siberian winds,

Restless skies...

梅雨の前

The coolness, brought by

A north wind is here,

The last chilled air

For this time of year,

And next week, the humid

Breeze will appear...

Contact

Hello, you, reading these

Words, how do you feel?

This moment, caught,

In diminishing time, is real,

A small, sentient experience,

If you know what I mean,

Gazing at letters I've left

On this glowing screen...

Natural Selection

It was the timid wolves,

Who were fated,

By eating human food,

To become domesticated,

Whereas the aggressive 

Wolves, would bite,

And howl, and avoid

The campfire’s light,

So, that is how man’s

Best friend, dogs, today,

Have carried along the

Timid wolves’ DNA…

Descartes

Act, react, and eat

Digest and drink,

But I am,

Because I think...

Drift

It takes a while to learn,

To come to know,

That sometimes it's better

To just go with the flow...

Suspended 躺平 / 寝そべり

No deadlines to meet,

No boss to satisfy,

Rather, just lay flat,

Let the world go by...

Endless

So sad to realize that

Hate makes no sound,

As it festers, and revenge

Just goes round & round...

Listening

Morning, and the absentminded 

Song she sings,

And the sense of comfort 

That brings…

Daybreak

Sirens of ambulances,

Hurrying on their way,

Break the silence of

A still asleep day,

Joined by the hungry cries

Of manic crows,

And moaning engines,

As morning traffic flows...

How Does It End

A war will follow

Its cruel course,

Bombs and missiles 

Have no remorse,

Power expended

Until depleted,

Stops when one

Side’s defeated,

Or too bloodied 

And tired,

As the last rounds

Are fired…

不眠症の現実

Nighttime brain waves,

Dancing, effusive,

Hence, restful sleep,

Elusive…

和

Backstreet bar in Shinjuku,

We are like foreigner fools,

Adrift in a country, where,

Everyone follows rules,

Inherited, from long ago,

Rules to establish harmony,

The invisible "Wa", which

We, outsiders, may never see...

Unsatisfactory

Both parents work, and

Just cannot be there,

In their empty home, full of

Lower middle-class air,

Their toddlers raised by

Strangers in day care,

Such being the state of

A modern family affair...

雑草

After April rains, and the

Green grows fiercely, fast,

Surging, clinging, covering

All, a verdant biological blast…