Partial Recall

The moments, the happenings,

Be they of happiness or pain,

Get caught by a net of cells

Somewhere deep in the brain,

And there, as fragments and

Jewels, the memories remain,

Images preserved by processes

Too complex to explain...

Staying Sane

Reality is a steamroller
Inevitable and enacted
Relentlessly and happiness
Is when we're distracted

Individuality

Despite your Facebook
Friends and phone
At the end
You're all alone

Unearned

Wealth
Is fungible
Unlike health

Unread & Unnoticed

There are more books
Than one could ever read
So many songs unheard
Shows unwatched, indeed
The enormity is blurred
By a day's flow and grind
An overwhelming mass
Unseen by the blind...

Life Pattern

Go to work and
Do as you're told
Repeat and continue
Until you are old

Inevitability

Things spiral into change
Time seems out of joint
I feel I should complain
But what's the point...

Charlottesville

An act of passion
Committed in hate
Cannot be undone
Too bad, too late...

Japanese Summer

Humans tend towards
Sweat and stupidity
While plants quietly thrive
In eighty-percent humidity

Hangover

Nightmare
Last night
Still remains
In the morning light
Cannot forget
Try as I might

MRJ

He only feels alive
When he can drive,
Which fills his need
For freedom and speed,
Movement, control,
And his empty soul...

Spartan Effect

It was a mistake
That was clear to see
Things were stuck
Like the Persians
At Thermopylae

Pressure

Move or wait
Either will
Affect your fate
Choose before
It is too late...

納涼

Yukata-clad Japanese
Bursting fire-flowers
Evening breeze...

Preflight

Nor quite ready to wake
And face the day ahead
I drift back into the
Mist of dreams instead

Inari Jinja

Ancient shrine on a hilltop,
Holy spot, as quiet as can be,
A cicada alights on my chest,
Must think that I'm a tree...

A Guy I See In The Park

Bird-man comes to the
Park, early, every day,
Same shirt and same hat,
Always the same way,
He swings a golf club,
Walks, repeats his routine
Each day, feeding the birds,
I think he's a machine...

問題解決

If money is distributed
To all involved
The usual result is
"Problem solved"

More Smiles Please

Our limited time
On planet Earth
Is best to be filled
With laughter an mirth

There It Is

A day spent ignoring
Internet news
Is a day well used

Noise

Listening to cicadas
In full voice
Summer is here
I have no choice

Dead Cat In A Public Park

There's no way to tell how
The cat came to be lying
Lifeless on the walkway
The method of its dying
So unlike a cat, even a stray
Would find a private place
And cat-like disappear
Without leaving a trace

Potential Relief

Another hot day in the concrete hive
Where parched workers wait
For the typhoon to arrive...

お疲れ様

Night train from Tokyo, after

Work hours have expired,

Catatonic commuters 

Sit, oblivious and tired...

Strong Spark Of Life

The frail old lady is shrivelled and weak
Yet she continues to hang on tight
To the immobile shrunken thing that
Is her life, and it is a losing fight
I suppose she must know,
Having outlived all her friends,
She strives, alone, to draw each
Breath, before the whole thing ends...