Unravelling

She said it wasn’t important,
Didn’t matter all that much,
Then shrank away to a place
He could neither reach, nor touch,
All of it unfolding in the
Fading, warm, tawny air,
A gorgeous sunset, and beginning
Of the end of the affair...

特攻隊

Following the only course
Their fates and orders allowed,
Launched up to deadly sky,
They vanish into the cloud,
And as much as their
Families will pray and yearn,
The boy-pilots
Will never return...

Mundane

Peaceful place,
Safe to rest,
Boring? Sure,
But it’s the best,
Chaos avoided,
Suppressed...

Gone Viral

Say what you might.
Think what you will,
A nasty rumor
Is hard to kill,
Might get forgotten,
But out there still...

Creation

Seemed like her brain was
Empty, the cupboard bare,
Then it appears, from
Nowhere, out of the thin air...

Rifleman Americana

Hateful and misguided,

The angry teen,

Will solve his problem

With an AR-15...

O-Bon

Old family spirits glide
Down to where the
August lanterns guide...

Crayons

A rule for life, as the
Situation offers and defines,
Think outside of the box,
But color inside the lines...

Safety

Circumspection
Can be a form of
Self-protection...

Be Cool

As things turned out
She was smart to wait
Watch the unfolding
Let things percolate...

Border Zone

Drift off to a place
Between consciousness
And something fuzzier,
Something less,
Strange mix of
Asleep and awake,
Ripples on a cool
Smooth lake...

Management Perogative

Sometimes a demand
Will masquerade
As a command...

Morale Raising Session

Mix the apple juice
With the gin,
Add the ice,
And fun times begin,
All focused on
The moment we’re in,
It is what it is,
I think, with a grin...

Pre-Arrival

Warm wind stirring the humidity,
Air conditioners’ hot breath humming,
Sparrow bathing in a rain puddle,
Peaceful, before the typhoon’s coming...

By Mabori Kaigan Station

Old man on the bench
Watching things go by,
Not too concerned about
The what or the why,
Stuff on the news
Which gives folks fits,
Not a worry, here,
Where he sits...

Out Of Control

Oh, my wayward child...
And as much as I try to protect,
Sometimes I can only
Delay or deflect,
What seems bound to happen,
Cause and effect...

鎌倉 Kamakura

At the Zen temple
All thoughts dismiss
Open the void
Jump into the abyss

Tiny Survival

Split-second decisions
Constant stress
Speed and movement
Nothing less
Hunt for food
Till a day is through
Life on Earth
From a sparrow's view

Here Comes The Sun

Humid air in place
And ready to greet
The arrival of
Summer's heat

Before It's Too Late

Time is merciless
Moves too fast
So live each day
Like it was your last

Stick To It

Events sometimes
Discourage, deny,
But still, you
Continue to try...

Area 51

The desert seems death-like,
Wind’s hot whisper sound,
Weird rocks and cacti hide
What’s hidden underground,
Inside the security zone,
And the unreported place,
Where they keep the
Aliens from outer space...

Tower Of Power

I pause, in awe, in
The department store,
And its wall of cosmetics,
Which, I stand before,
Countless chemicals
Sold to women’s pride,
War paint, powders, serums.
To augment, or, to hide,
A monument to the fact
That beauty is not inside...

結果待ち

Trapped in uncertainty, suspended,
Waiting for the diagnosis,
Wishing this tension was ended...

Be Seated

Supermarket bench, an old lady
Pleasure-gasps, involuntarily,
After sitting herself and
Her things down heavily,
Grateful for the break in her
Battle against gravity...