i only knew of
warm days by the cool waters–
and then winter came
yet winter soon taught me that
happiness comes from within
–photo by me
Tag: tanka
great wizards (tanka)
witches tremble when
strangely colored mists roll in–
the great wizard nears!
witches know that spells do work,
but the great wizard knows why
–photo by me
Flow of Life (tanka)
My final sunset
Will also be somebody’s
Very first sunrise
I look at my granddaughters
And accept the greater scheme
–Photo by Aaron, edit by me
A Roaming Therapy (Tanka)
When my mind’s a mess
I go see my therapist–
Ol’ Mother Nature!
I walk into the woods to
Find my way out of the woods
–Photo by me
within
we walk down life’s path
hoping to find happiness–
but it’s not out there
it will never come to us
it can only come from us
–photo by me
half & half
the physical realm
and the spiritual plane
are one and the same
when we try to divide them
we end up with two half-truths
–photo by me
tall tales
children tell tall tales
to naive younger children–
and believe them too
the greatest storytellers
never lose that innocence
–photo by my son, Aaron
lost inner child
my lost inner child
hangs out on a hill among
a few wildflowers
we run into each other
more and more as i grow old
–photo by me
tanka: threats
a doe with two fawns
watches me so intensely–
putting them at risk
we focus on perceived threats
while blind to real danger
–photo by me
fluidity
the rolling river
bobs and weaves through solid stone–
and comes out unharmed
when we roll with the punches
we wear down the enemy
–photo by me
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