Friction

Unerringly, mysteriously,

Problems always seem to arrive,

In a group of three...

Achievement

All will be well,

And super fine,

When you make it

Across the finish line...

外れ

What they

Mistakenly believed,

Was based on

What they perceived...

IT Reality

Can't get it done,

No matter how hard I try,

When disconnected

From WIFI...

何の為

I deployed to fight

In the Vietnam War,

So far from my home,

What was that for...?

The Process

It can't be forced,

You just have to wait,

For things to merge,

Allow you to create...

小暑

Obon spirits departed,

Summer holidays passed,

Kids go back to schools,

Peace, at last!

9817 Charles Street

Now empty, being prepared sale,

A two-story house made of wood,

A four-bedroom suburban box filled

With the memories, bad and good,

Of those who once lived there,

Familiar smell still in the air,

Mist-like memories infuse

The windows, walls, and floors,

But faced with the inevitable,

Dissipate, dry, inside the doors...

Why Now?

Cruel invaders

Relentlessly attack,

Defenders desperately

Fight back,

All of it because

Of an evil man,

Who does it 

Because he can,

No one can

Tell him "no",

So. on and on

The killings go...

On Point

Need to refocus,

Stop, and learn how,

To embrace the present,

Live in the now...

Hidden Energy

The power of life

Hidden within a seed,

Improbable,

Miraculous, indeed... 

Waiting For Convection

August humid heat

We have to endure,

Until it's over,

Yeah, to be sure,

And let's pray

That sometime soon,

Things will be

Changed by a typhoon...

誤解

The blink

As it happened,

Was not a wink,

Despite what

You think...

Invasive Non-Native Species

The bass, brought to Japan

For sport fishing's sake,

Were let loose into a

Healthy country lake,

Where then they would

Grow fierce-fat, and thrive,

By attacking and eating

Anything alive...

State Of Affairs

Symptomatic of our age

We doubt, yell, and rage,

Teeth for teeth, eyes for eyes,

No chance for compromise,

Then comes the sound of the gun,

Time to duck and run...

Gradual Transition

Late-August morning's

Sunshine glare,

Humid, but with a

Hint of coolness in the air...

Slow Start

Still not quite awake,

But forced up out of bed,

Slump into a chair,

For a while, instead...

Unwound

The clock stopped,

But time did not,

Minutes and hours,

Unmeasured, uncaught...

外れ

Misbelieve, misconstrue,

The story, the truth,

We thought we knew...

Magical

Something which one

Can't force or make,

Is the occurrence

Of a lucky break...

雲の上

Night time cloud cover,

Above which, unnoticed,

Full Moon and stars hover,

Their soft brilliance,

Shining beauty at night,

Thanks to the overcast,

Remain out of sight...