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A new day a new haiku
Another sunrise
Graces this duck pond with dreams
From another world
Across the valley
Another world opens up
Carry me away
Am I still afraid
To try my best? Or am I
Just not good enough?
When the earth is grey
Summer days have passed away
The sun lights the way
The in-between heath
Adders and natterjack toads
Hide in secret homes
Sunlight and shadow
Questions without an answer
Empty and hollow
Though you are older
You will see more years than I
Mine simply fly by
Half a silver moon
Hanging in the cinder gloom
Falling back down soon
Day silently breaks
The surface of the duck pond
Set your sights beyond
Strangers cross our hedge
We rise up from the dark limbs
Carved from the darkness
Where earth and sky meet
A hazy gloom descending
Spectres rising up
Square words in round ears
I cannot navigate this
Mutable cloud maze
Kindle another flame
Catch the corner, watch it grow
Fire drives away dark
Darkness creeps in
Turning my thoughts against me
Driving light away
Sunlight still filters
Through these dusty old windows
I keep them open
Remake the rainbow
Reimagine refraction
Reform and reborn
Though the days are short
Keep on walking on and up
A little each day
Swim against the stream
Keep walking the winding road
Plough your own furrow
Huddle up against
The wind, the sleet and the snow
Stronger together
Leaf strata compose
An ever growing cover
For our longest sleep
Darkness lies below
When it enters in our eyes
Where does the light go?
With the burning sky
We beat a familiar path
To forge new memories
As the days shorten.
The shadows stretch out longer
Underneath my eyes
Our food is all gone
Our home has turned into stone
The sun is our all