distance

One fine day Distances drop away Dream of a place And you get to go there for a day No more airfare No more roadrage scare No more staying away No more yearning to be there. Being together Would’nt be so rare All you do…

Another Earth

A slow twirl of hand anti clockwise and Kronos does a moonwalk. Earth 5111955 of revision and recreation mistakes do not exist here. And as mistakes do not exist neither do courage, nor philosophy, nor the simple desire that whispers in one’s ear, “Be the…

Return When the Hour Calls

How it Ends is just the beginning. Sleep here tonight, then leap out that bright new door. See, I love you too much to measure.  Tommy, may that day come again, where I curl into a bowl and you purr, where you speak and I…

New World Order

The world was quiet on the 15th of April, 2017. Everything worked the way it always had, and everybody went about their usual business. But just as 8:35 p.m. came around, something decided that it wanted to watch the world burn. All creatures and organics…

The Cosmos Cops

If the world stopped spinning, You with shallow grips on realty Would hurl to space, flora and Fauna: trees, mountain tops, Cats, mothers, SUV’s, and dirt. Or the endless day burning on Would singe sight, burn stars And the Northern Lights? Out. The moon, introverted…

Hopefully Again (13th Hour)

Your land of fire and ice Still flows through my senses Raw brisk air hits my lungs My body begs for warmer defenses But my eyes did not want to miss your fiery sun Slowly but vibrantly it raises its beams upon your land I…

Hour 13- a haibun

Dream Come True I am growing younger by the minute. So is everyone else; everything else. Whoa! Time is in reverse gear. The sun sets first and then rises. But no one notices it after the first day as they alternate anyway. Like repeating “maraa…

Natural Selection (12)

I looked at the crowd, so like myself. Brown eyes, brown skin, brown hair. At the highest clearance level, I had access to readings – stories, really, fables – about a time when humans had blue eyes. Or green. Hair called blonde. Or red. And…

Random Prompt #13

  The air felt heavy burdened with betrayal loss, heartbreak and dismay. It reeked of abandonment This is where dreams came to die. As disappointment set the tone for the atmosphere strong stench of opium, marijuana, cocaine  nicotine and infected needles…. choking the air in…

Hour 13-A Different World

In a different world You and I would be walking upside down On a balance beam Or flying a kite Beneath our feet We would be challenging each other to duels With cyber sticks And puppet guns We would go to work And play with…