Time Flies

The elderly pensioner

Was less acutely aware,

Perhaps less attentive,

To everything, everywhere,

Minutes and hours dissolving

Into the thin air...

Improvisation

Imagine, emote,

And pretend,

Creativity

Knows no end,

Ideas, colors,

Emotions, blend...

Political Action Committee

Politicians purr,

As sweet as honey,

Promising happiness,

While taking your money...

TGIF

Thank God it's Friday,

End of the Week,

Time for the

Happiness we seek,

Free time provided 

To have some fun,

Until next Monday,

When all is done...

Composition

Still mysterious, 

The way to unlock,

A persistent case

Of writer's block,

Some kind of

Stimulant applied,

To flush out words

From where they hide...

Neutral

Choose the darkness,

Or strive for the light,

Just a matter of choice,

Neither wrong nor right...

Late-June 2024

Typical gray humid

Rainy season sky,

Yet the weather remains

Oddly dry,

As they wilt, Hydrangeas

Must wonder why...

Rise And Shine

Suddenly Monday, Thoughts of

The day ahead hover,

I wish I had more time

To recover...

交通と夏至

Friday afternoon, traffic hectic,

Fleeing away from the drear,

Heading for the weekend,

Drive defensively, persevere,

Unaware of the solstice,

And the longest day of the year...

Learning How To 我慢

First lesson in patience

Learned in one's life,

How to peacefully coexist,

Husband and wife,

Challenging but

Ultimately mild,

Compared to dealing

With a 2-year-old child...

New Hunters

Long ago, you could

Only eat your fill,

Of something you managed

To track and kill,

Nowadays the hunt

For food will start,

By pushing along 

A shopping cart...

独居

Onto the roof of the old

Apartment, the spring rain pours,

Inside, lost in a drunk dream,

An old man snores,

Sprawled on the tatami

Mats, TV still turned on,

Half eaten bento box,

The beer, warm, almost gone,

His time now running out,

His seeds have been sown,

What lies ahead, he will

Have to face alone...

Frozen

She was actually

Quite kind and nice,

But her visage and aura

Were as cold as ice...

Off The Grid

In the pre-internet days,

We stayed informed, connected

In different ways...

Not always on-line,

Yet things seemed to

Work out just fine... 

雨の音

Gray wet misty sky,

Listen to the rainfall's

Steady quiet sigh...

Stuck

I did not commit the crime,

But unluckily was at the

Wrong place, the wrong time,

Now I can't escape,

No matter how hard I try,

All due to the lack

Of a believable alibi...

Unclear

The simplicity, clarity, for which

We yearn, beseech,

Is entwined in complexity,

Far out of reach...

Combat

Once started, a fight,

Is more about survival,

Less about who was right...

Clutter

Trinkets, toys, mementos,

Lined-up on the bookshelf,

In cluttered, uneven, rows...

No need to ever touch

Or rearrange,

Left alone as totems

Against time and change...

AM I Am

Yawn, stretch,

Momentarily vegetate,

Before I remember

Day and date,

And the fact

I am running late...

Human Relations

A word to the wise, just to remind,

Polite and pleasant is

Not the same as being kind...