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I never appreciated the difficulty of Haiku until this attempt.
Constructive criticism is most welcome from those who seem to compose these with such ease.
When
This night
Comes to an end
Just because I’m not here
Know I am eternally
Close to you now
I’m always
Near
If
You long
Look just inside
I’m within your heart
Breathing my love
Into your soul
As to never
Part
If when
you’re in doubt
Of the chosen path
Needing a change of way
I will pave a new road
That leads to light
Somber left
Astray
My
Hand’s in yours
You feel not my skin but
It’s each moment in gentle grasp
As when you were young
And Days were long
‘n Life was here
To last
If
Forever is
The moon and the sun
Horizon where dreams come true
With life colors to dance on
Backdrop splashed sky
There I’ll each day
See you
Inspired by my friend Peter Notehelfer and his beautiful style of Poetry, I thought I would give this a shot. Hats off to you, Peter…may my next attempt be closer to the flowing and precise works you are so gifted in writing.
Can she fly away but leave her troubles behind?
What is the distance from here to there?
And just where is There, that place of Earths peace,
Does it even exist when her mind travels with?
If just for some time, to leave her life for a while
To empty her soul burdened, with not just past,
But burdened with future as well
For rebirth of her spirit, if she could only go
Freedom to rise, not with the sun,
Nor sleep, as on the horizon it sets
A heavenly body encapsulated and liberated,
Living once There, timeless
If only the chance, to go to her There,
She knows its colors, sounds,
Its smell and tranquility
She has seen it, in her vision,
It does exist,
A meditated place that she goes to each day
And as she sets her eyes through the open air, up towards the heavens,
Birds migrating south, jet trails crossing,
Clouds forming, and dissipating,
Tears of destination fill her eyes
For only too, if she could fly
The Starting End 