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A new day a new haiku
I want to belong
To the forest, to the fields
To the universe
Meandering back
To the long meadow grasses
Where time too stands still
They have locked the gates
Left the footpaths overgrown
Treeviction pending
Clouds smeared on the blue
Tarnishing the clear blue sky
With all my mistakes
Ripening berries
Sitting sweetly on the straw
Bursting with flavour
Each road I wander
Every footpath I follow
Always lose my way
Blown over the hills
Carried from forest to field
Never stop to rest
Days dripping downward
Wander in a daze of sound
Daisies droop groundward
When the rain had passed
From out of the dirty ground
Such beauty arose
Sharp blades newly shorn
Sweep the surface of the lawn
Seasonal seeds reborn
Many legs and limbs
Lift heavy loads together
Laughter makes lighter
Lost in the meadow
Quivering with the seed heads
What if this was home?
A million stems
Each the same, all different
Evenly diverse
We all need a nest
A place to curl up and hide
Or watch life go by
High up overhead
Trees stretch and are born again
How long your limbs spread
Sneak a cheeky peek
Slink though the winking fence chink
Fall, fell, fill, full, folly
I am a rain cloud
Once I was the deep blue sea
Moving though the crowd
What makes a city?
When is alone loneliness?
Where are you going?
Feet beat sleek Greek streets
Stumble over broken stones
And slip in the heat
Slumped between mountains
The melting city spreads and
Finds it’s own level
From the furthest flame
Sinking in a holly frame
Star of highest fame
Days wash over me
Drowning in a barley sea
Where does the time go?
Flowers don’t have rules
They grow wherever they can
Life wants to be lived
If I stay ’til dawn
In the long meadows of June
Will I be reborn?