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A new day a new haiku
Down in dark damp dirt
The mycorrhizae network
A secret magic
With a simple slip
I break the surface tension
Shadows gloom beneath
I followed fox tracks
Through the bramble and nettle
My legs still tingle
Drag me deeper down
Deep into the black abyss
Where our fears reside
Your pure morning light
Spins and weaves a golden web
Through the furry frost
Autumn turns to rust
Fresh blood running down my leg
Hold it together
Deep in the thicket
Tangled up in my own horns
To resignation
Creepily we crawl
Betwixt decaying leaf mould
Our shells on our backs
The falling leaves ask
Do we want to be happy
Or rather wallow?
Swim against the tide
In a sea of confusion
Running to stand still
Just heap it all up
Set a match to the tinder
And watch the sparks fly
Pillars of smoke rise
All across this merry land
Remember the plot
Pure joy overflows
In a world of black and white
You bring the colour
In the dark I fall
From this cave I never call
To the woods I crawl
When the journey’s right
If you get there matters not
Just keep on going
So much left undone
Many more mountains to climb
Ere I am finished
I will tear you down
Trample you into the ground
Never make a sound
Open up my eyes
Reflecting the clear blue skies
Of a new sun rise
Every possession
Entraps you and enslaves you
You don’t need this stuff
Whatever I give
It has been given to me
I can’t begrudge it
When I am this soil
All memory fades into
This moment, this now
From inside this cloud
One step forwards, two steps back
Nothing to forget
Still hangling on to
Something we can’t rely on
Sometimes change can hurt
With the dying leaves
Take me back where I can breathe
Back where I belong
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