Where does the time go?
Slipping through my sore fingers
It trundles onwards

A new day a new haiku
In the black forest
In your never ending eyes
Darker than the night
Strike a single match
Set it gently on a branch
Watch the paper catch
Thin smoke still rises
Hanging in the cold night air
Yesterday’s ashes
A smoke haze ripples
The surface of dusky lakes
Sets the night on fire
A wild animal
Crackle and spit, roar and hiss
The red voice of flames