Tanka
Angry storms die out
In a soft murmur of rains,
And the sun breaks free
Bathing the soaked new-born cats
In saving warmth and new hope.
Dreamcatcher
A magic web
Of threads and beads
A crystal
Centred there.
Capture darkness
Let through light
Bad dreams
Are held in there.
Close your eyes
Rest easy now
Sweet dreams
Are on their way.
Bells
Can you hear
The bells ring?
They call us in to dine.
A feast of truth
Awaits us,
The knowledge of all time.
Drink from the cup
And pass it round
Together we shall dine.
graduation blues
the day after
high school graduation
is supposed to feel like
a new beginning
it felt like a detour
i wanted to make a u-turn
but i can’t even drive
i guess the first
sixteen years of life
are building
the next two are
trial
and one day you walk out of a place
that holds all your memories
for the last time
and nobody is holding your hands
or laughing as you slam a locker
they tell you it gets better
parents are practiced liars:
1) it does not
get better
2) we do not find out who are real friends are
we make worse ones
3) we do not pick up where we left off
with every old friend,
4) we do not
find ourselves
in college
we get lost
in the streets
in the sheets,
we get lost
because we are lead are whole lives
without asking.
our majors
are pieces of paper
we are taught
they define us
we lose our names to occupations and salaries
we never lose
weight or debt
growing up
just means adding
and you don’t
get any stronger
to carry it
__ar.
Busy World
How I wish that I could show you
all the beauty I can see,
from the rainbow reaching overhead,
to the world beneath the sea,
the glint of sun on window panes,
washed clean by winter’s gift,
the way the grass moves and sways
when touched by wind’s soft kiss,
perhaps the sight of new-born birds,
that herald in the spring,
so many simple joys forgotten,
in this busy world we’re in.
Back to School 11PM
It’s back to school time
Buses will be on the roads early
It’s back to school time
Children will be getting up early
It’s back to school time
Time for everyone to be busy learning.
Rose bud
If flowers were alive, would you pick them up?
As the earth corrodes, will you take a stand?
When the pain is unbearable, will you end it all?
Do you eternally long for a happy
ever after.
How deep are your roots?
Deep enough to last
a lifetime?
Caged
A bird in a cage
Always wanting to
Fly
Can you keep it there
Without it biting off your
Hand
One day
you’ll blink
And the bird will soar
Away
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