Agincourt

Knights shot off

Horses by arrows,

Like eagles 

Killed by sparrows...

To The Other Shore

Divert, ignore, postpone,

But when it’s time, one

Walks across the bridge alone...

How It Happened

Things started changing

Precipitously,

Once monkeys came

Down from the tree,

And into the grass,

Two-legged walking,

And screams of danger

Turned into talking...

Heavy Science

The disgraced guru,

Despite intense meditation,

Failed in attempts

To achieve levitation,

Gravity defying his

Faith in mystic flotation...

宗教

Our need to believe something bigger’s going on,

Sensing holiness in certain rocks or trees,

Books, buildings to house imagined gods,

Created to listen to our prayers and pleas...

御彼岸

Equinox visit to family grave,

Cherry blossoms, quiet hours,

Wash the headstone,

Offer fresh flowers,

Sighs, tears, summoned 

By memories’ powers...

Dead End

Her love, too jealous, brittle,

Broke instead of bending,

Bringing their relations

To a premature ending,

Irreparable, despite 

The desperate spending...

Mea Culpa

Bow, say sorry,

Come clean, confess,

And you will be forgiven,

More or less...

Grinder

Life will always vary,

As it can, as it will,

Slide down into chaos,

Push the noodle uphill...

Crazy Party

The hilarity started

When the hostess farted,

But it also helped a bunch

That there was

Vodka in the punch...  

Hourglass Sand

Seconds into minutes into hours,

Days, weeks, months amass,

Euphoria, tedium, pain,

In no particular order, pass,

And I fight to find my

Footing in time’s morass...

せっかち

“Hurry up! We’re 

Going to be late!”

Always seems to overrule 

“It can wait”...

チーズバーガー

Bacon double cheeseburger,

Fast conflicted food,

Tastebuds rejoice,

While arteries occlude...

Sanctuary

My world, four walls,

Ceiling and floor,

Protects from what’s 

Outside the door...

Sub-Lunar

The moon crescent, a sliver,

Pale against the evening sky,

And its minimal shape moves

Me, but I don’t know why...

啓蟄

Take notice of this lull day,

Cold and warm air mixed,

An in-between day leaving

Us footloose, transfixed,

Mild and motionless,

Winter morphing into spring,

Waiting for the warm wet

Chaos the winds will bring...

Doggedness

Despite the fix you are in,

In spite of the fools you face,

Don’t give up, play to win,

Life is a marathon race...

Momentary

Stop, think, for a bit,

I am now, this is it,

Aware I exist,

An instant

Easily missed...

Loitering

Mall walk, circular holding pattern,

Entering my seventh lap,

Wish she would finish shopping,

Wish I could take a nap...

立ってる釘

In Japan,

The norm,

Is to

Conform...

Ethereal

Mood shift, vaguely aware,

Caused by changes in pressure,

And humidity in the air,

Atmospheric influence

Over here, over there...

Reddit

So much information,

Nonsense nexus,

Insomnia inducing 

Scrolling complexus...