空想

Hear the talking words,

Listen but don't understand,

Bemused and wandering

In a mental hinterland,

A place not dark

And empty per se,

But rather peaceful

Fuzzy and gray...

Life Force

Inside the seed, an explosion,

Releases an urge,

A force to get bigger,

An upward surge,

Push through the dirt

Turn green, and emerge,

As something so different

From a tiny seed,

A miracle, indeed...

Be Careful

When walking through a

Relationship, attention must be paid,

To where the minefields

Have been laid...

Life Force

It boiled down to a battle

Between the instinct to survive,

Against a weakening will

To stay alive,

Inside her head,

The quiet voices,

Weighing and debating

Those choices...  

Green Army

Spring advancing on summer,

And weeds answer the call,

Invading the concrete places,

Growing crazy tall...

Good Morning

The process of waking up,

Get ready to face a new day,

Requires a series of actions

Be performed in a certain way,

Preferably in a certain order,

An intricate interplay,

Which I sometimes let

Slip, tumble, and slide away...

The Cost Of Power

Freedom grows from

Independence,

Bought with blood,

At tremendous expense,

Lives and limbs

Lost in its defense...

From The Sky

Instantaneous, like an arrow,

Precision strike, on the bug,

By a sparrow...

Superannuation

Things accumulated

The longer you live,

Wisdom, joint pain,

Perspective...

Ghostly

Above the clouds,

Which block and screen,

The Blood Moon

Glows, unseen...

梅雨の前

Azaleas wilting, under

Wet warming skies,

Meanwhile, Hydrangeas

Waiting to rise,

Shape-shift cycling

Green, growing, alive,

In the time before

The long rains arrive... 

Momentary Relief

A controlled fall of my

Butt, into the chair,

Instant relief from

Gravity, suck in some air,

Chores remain, but for now,

I just don't care...

Crossed Wires

The message received,

Was not what was sent,

Misinterpretation of

What was really meant,

And things quickly

Shifted to damage repair,

Calming, clarifying,

Clearing the air...

Rain Commute

Steady precipitation,

Great for plant life,

And indoor meditation,

He thinks, emerging into

The wetness, from the station...

Make It Go Away

Impending climate catastrophe,

Pulling blanket over my head,

Thinking "not applicable to me"...

ママチャリ

Once again, just barely missed,

Natural enemy of pedestrian,

Speeding sidewalk cyclist,

Reckless acceleration

With electric assist...

Azovstal

Two months in a bombed-out

Basement, somehow we survive,

Miraculously the Russians relent,

We escaped, we are alive...

Influencer

Look at me,

Love who I am,

Be sure to follow

Me on Instagram...

コロナ

Our happy habits, routines,

Movements and directions,

All curtailed and controlled

By contagious viral infections...   

Waxing Above

Oddly calming, looking up

At the crescent moon,

But then the clouds arrive,

And it's gone too soon...

Lost In The Suburbs

Halfway through

Another day,

Sins to be forgiven,

Bills to pay,

And angst has come

Home to stay,

Time for a bottle

Of Chardonnay...