My toes in the dirt
I smell life awakening
As the sun rises
3/2/2024 – smoke on the air
There is smoke on the air
From a distant fire
Burning in the hearts
Of the people down the hill
And though their night is bright
Mine is full of ashes
And though their smiles are wide
I cough and spit
3/1/2024 – breathe
I long for simpler days when I could breathe
2/29/2024 – a haiku
Give me a paintbrush
And I’ll need for a canvas
And a bright palette
2/28/2024 – returns
The azure sky returns from there
Behind the thickest clouds
2/27/2024 – withhold
My heart’s flames die in the embers
Of all I once dreamed of
Awaiting the bellows
That I withhold
2/26/2024 – a haiku
Give me a moment
To get to know the season
Before it changes
2/24/2024 – as it knows me
Give me a song
Built of all the creeping moss
And all the whispering winds
And all the broken branches
And every silent creature ‘neath the sea
That I might know the earth
Half so well
As it knows me
2/23/2024 – what did they sing of
I wonder often at the world
And all who walk upon its face
The oceans that have ever swirled
And people that have left their trace
What did they sing of that we’ll never know?
2/22/2024 – a haiku
As the sun rises
My heart awakens in joy
At the earth’s promise
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