They say “make art for you”
Then tell you why your art
Is not good enough
8/16/2022 – to bring me peace
There is no stillness
Only movement
For the universe is not a boulder
And I not a stone
The cosmos breathe
As I breathe
And though in breath
I find stillness
It is but a movement
To bring me peace
8/15/2022 – a haiku
My temper rises
At the evils of others
But nature beckons
8/13/2022 – for just a while
For when I lose my way and tire
Of this world’s cruel designs
I lay my head upon your lap
And so at last can rest for just a while
8/12/2022
Laid to rest
By the apple tree
Where you ran and played
Now you lie
And make the flowers grow
8/11/2022 – a haiku
I have not a care
For the things that glitter bright
Give me but grey stone
8/10/2022 – the muck that clings
I wish to dream of simpler things
Than what I see awake
To leave behind the muck that clings
And my solace does take

8/9/2022 – to drink the sun
With a heavy heart
And eyelids like stones
And a head
Leaning for want of a bed
Of moss
I lay down upon
The forest floor
And stretch out my limbs
Till they penetrate the earth
And drink its bounty
And after a long while
That heaviness
Is lifted
And my spirit rises
To drink the sun
8/8/2022 – a haiku
Soft grasses may grow
With bright flowers in between
But first it must rain

8/6/2022 – pull me back onto the tracks
Within the soft scent of your hair
And the warmth of your skin
Within your voice upon the air
And your wisdom within
I find a kind of solace, which
The world so often lacks
A peace to pull me from the ditch
And back onto the tracks