Steadfast

With wind-driven fury,

Waves crash on the sea-wall,

Which just bounces them back,

Doesn't move at all... 

Transition In The Dusk

A stillness

In the gloaming,

Gone the cold

The winds bring,

As winter

Insinuates spring...

War Is Hell

Into the suburbs of Kiev,

The Russian draftees advance,

Destroyed by the defenders,

They never had a chance...

Temporary

Her euphoria floated

Way up, like a cloud,

As much as the force

Of gravity allowed,

Momentarily free

From the daily thrall,

Breathlessly happy,

Before the fall...

自由の意味

At the end of the day,

Freedom's about being left alone,

Being able to walk away...

猫の目

Into a cynical quicksand,

Her enthusiasm sank,

Vibrance fading into

Something vague and blank,

Uneasy feelings

Multiplying, hover,

Then instantly changed by

A touch from her lover...

Stand Up

Laughing, and it became

Clear as he spoke,

That the joker was 

Funnier than the joke...

Inevitability

Improvement is possible,

Through the choices you make,

But, bad habits

Are hard to break...

Unity

In the face of nature's cruelty,

Together, we stay alive,

Sharing ideas and talents,

Together, we thrive...

Under The Surface

Silent maneuvers spin

Unfolding schemes,

Reality isn't always

What it seems...

コロナの朝

Pandemic winter morning,

Empty street, hardly a sound,

Soiled face mask

Stuck to the ground...

Desert Triangles

Through tremendous

Effort, and cost,

Monumental sweat,

So many lives lost,

Egyptian pyramids

Angled up to the sky,

But, one wonders, why...

臨機応変の措置

After a while, she came to

Accept, to understand,

That things in life don't

Always go as planned,

So, just do what it takes

To safely land...

Night Hunger

Restless, sleepless, in the

Not-yet-morning quiet,

Dreams of food, unreachable,

Due to my diet...

D.C. Comedy

Red-Blue partisan backbiting,

Cooperation left in tatters,

High drama inside the Beltway,

Not that it really matters...

Picking Up The Pieces

Trying to restore

Things to the way

They were before,

Relationship broken

By the reckless words

Which were spoken...

Anniversary

All these invisible threads,

Connecting you, and I,

Impossible to untangle

Even if we were to try,

A happy and fearful mess,

Our long-time married-ness...

Nocturnal

Crescent moon dim

Silver light,

Out from shadows

Come creatures of the night...

That's Life

Straight and narrow,

One soon learns,

Is less the case

Than twists and turns...

Unexpected Outcome

What you fail to achieve,

May happen anyway,

Like magic, make believe...