Divided

olden southern cemetery shadows hide your inventory ancient oaks dripping Spanish moss I follow a path criss-crossing human glory   finding delicate offerings decades lain enshrined from crying loved ones long forgotten despair crumbled headstones beyond repair…whispered sighing   some aren’t at peace where they lay restless disquietude displays crypts show signs of being disturbed [...]

Fate

unavoidable hatchlings left unattended empty nest syndrome ∞  spring budding appears years follow years…destiny decrees renewal ∞  vulnerable snake molting skin leaves him exposed hawk hovers, then swoops ∞  withering decline weak, slow, soft, decaying breath death gently enters An entry for Haiku Heights where the prompt is FATE:  http://haiku-heights.blogspot.com/

Unthinkable

We leave in a sigh, or not even that. Breath ceases, the shell is spent. Maybe illness comes before; the body lingers, finishing its chore. Sometimes death appears suddenly, the beat of the heart cut short …gone swiftly. Perhaps in youth it visits its chosen, we’re taken off guard, shocked and frozen. Not yet! Too [...]

The Wheel of Becoming

Our individual path weaves us in and out but choices are ours to continue around. The wheel of becoming transports us places, bringing trials that tests our mettle.  There’s a lower realm and a higher; seek the light or close your eyes.  Painful lessons bring us suffering. Oh, to let go and find nirvana! We’re [...]

Only Memories…

Never to rejoin In this earthly realm again Only memories…

When the Moment Comes I Die

When the moment comes I die My breath will leave me with a sigh Ahh, at last I’ll be at rest All trials and burdens will be in the past I’ll be alone when I am gone– Alike the same as when I came This shell will be tired and withered worn And I’ll be [...]

Whose Bones are These?

Hiking along the well-worn path always looking down ahead of me, I spy some bones laid out neatly. They’re tiny and delicate, perfect in form of the animal that once had enclosed them. How had he died, what fate had he faced that ended his life upon that trail? He wasn’t eaten, his bones were [...]

Goodbye Dad, Or Is It Hello?

My Dad died about five years ago.  Four out of my five siblings and I were in attendance as well as our mother and a few other family members. He wanted to come home from the hospital more than anything to spend his last moments there but he was feeling some apprehension.  Finally, after my [...]