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A new day a new haiku
Below the surface
Hidden from these prying eyes
Perennial pride
But we didn’t know
All of the things that we had
Until they were gone
Bright leaves caught alight
By autumn’s flickering flames
How quickly they fade
If we are children
We are only reflections
Of somebody else
Though the river bends
It wanders and winds and wends
But it never ends
A fallen hunter
Silently she spreads her wings
Are you still asleep?
Another day gone
Slipping through my fat fingers
Evening sun though leaves
This flower stands still
Between the hedge and meadow
We hurry between
A final flourish
Tomorrow winter will wash
Everything away
If we lived in trees
We wouldn’t cut them all down
Don’t give up, be kind
We built this tree nest
Using only sticks and string
Total cost, zero
We could make our homes
In the arms of our brothers’
Leafy canopy
Those secret creatures
Hidden in the undergrowth
Seen only in death
From cold talons’ grasp
A breakfast interrupted
The forest floor burns
Standing in the shade
What are we trying to save?
Will anything change?
The days match the nights
Relinquishing to winter
They won’t be all dark
I’m rusting away
Crumble to dust and ashes
Make me new again
Copper cattail down
In the marshy bog. Long nights
Will outgrow the days
Brisk morning breezes
Bring the brief summer back once
Melting in the clouds
Sun shines straight through us
But in the silver moonlight
Silent wings shimmer
Carry us away
Between your fierce tawny wings
We’re invisible
I have never flown
Never sailed or swooped or soarn
I watch from below
The road is longer
Than expected. We balance
Precariously
If I could be half
Of what you want me to be
I’d be twice myself
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