Doomed

The human race

Has the distinction,

Of being aware of

Its impending extinction,

While refusing to

Do what it takes,

To reverse the course,

Or apply the brakes...

Heat Wave

Summer sun rays

Burn and abrade,

Except for safe

Havens in the shade,

Where, sweatily,

One cowers,

Waiting for the

Cooler hours...

Escape?

Almost too late, he learned,

That precognitive oblivion,

Was what she really yearned...

In A Blur

Love, happiness, sentience,

What's it all about?

Too busy to slow down

And figure it out...

Luck?

Make or break,

Can depend on the

Chances you take...

Flexibility

If Plan A

Doesn't work,

Go with

Plan B,

If that bogs down,

Try Plan C,

Adjust on-the-fly

Continuously...

休憩

Lay flat, in a 

Low profile,

Rest, if even for

A little while...

Forgotten But Not Gone

Two steps forward, three steps back,

These are the Deja Vu, angry times,

Bad history does not repeat

Itself, but occasionally it rhymes...

夏至2022

Long lit gray solstice

Day in June,

The humid hot

Hours are coming soon...

逆説

Life in Japan,

Paradoxically,

Thoroughly controlled,

Yet free...

消えた

Time erases things,

Always does,

This place, now

Empty, where it was,

It, gone away to

Who knows where,

Vanished into

Dark, thin, air... 

The Cure

That peaceful, thankful, feeling,

As the pain starts to fade

And things start healing...

Terrace Mall, Fujisawa

Trudging through a climate-controlled

Carpeted retail universe,

Occasionally check pedometer,

Things could be worse... 

Gray Matter

Regardless of everything,

Neurons keep firing,

Constant brain fever,

Never quitting, never tiring...

Presently

The here and now, can

Pass too quickly, in a blur,

Some bits get saved as 

Memories, growing more obscure...

Early June

Plum rain day,

Humid, cloying,

Cool and gray...

The Pull

Sleep and love, things

Into which you fall,

Down into the mist,

The dreams and thrall...

本音と建て前

The polysemic facts, like

Some kind of mental equinox,

Appealed to both sides of

Perception, pure paradox... 

Extremities

Times can be plentiful,

Times can be lean,

Throw away food,

Or lick your plate clean,

No steady middle,

If you know what I mean...

A Question Of Effort

The number of victories

You'll be able to claim,

Often will depend

On how high you aim...