041809
GATHERING
visiting the family, I
sit quiet amidst
the cacophony of excited voices. The
clashing threads of conversation run
around one another
-- a rising tide
of sound rolling in and out like a wave. Sibling
rivalries seep out from under adult veneers as
I remember
childhood dinner tables--a race
to the last breadstick.
041909
IMPLOSION
hot flash
teeth gnash
I suddenly cannot breathe
every muscle clenched
clamped down to contain
you just don't think
don't consider others
don't see your impact
yet deny
this is so
and so
there is no recourse
no words to clarify
to rectify
to purify the damage
and so
there is no place for this fire
except down
inside
042009
THIS MOMENT
Every morning you
wake up breathing
you're ahead of the game.
in dreams you fly,
inhale and lean into the breath at the perfect angle
and you catch an updraft.
is this what geese await as they prepare for migration?
breathe
and in the space between in and
out--
live.
just breathe
and grasp a new beginning.
042109
SEASIDE
fog rolls in damp, cold
sits heavily on the sand
hungry gulls circle
ABOUT HAIKU
a single image
distilled
fashioned by form
a verbal elegance
a mystery
a snapshot of this moment
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