Butterfly Age Poems

For love cannot walk away
From a searing pain
Scathing its senses
Nor flee the distress
Of fractured tears
Dried at their origin
Thus, does it hide
Within a bit of humor
A...

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I can feel the light shining in my soul and my spirit is getting bold a new chapter is about to unfold and the grey...

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I have always thought even in the dark times, 
That life was worth living out, at all times,
That I was blessed at most times,
And that...

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A life is pending on the earth. 
as it is a dream of mine. 
It is not necessary that he be a human.
A flower can...

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In the realm where love intertwines with gain,
Bouquets and brands, a capitalist's terrain.
Gucci labels and bags, symbols of might,
Love's currency measured in material delight.

Flowers exchanged...

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My mind sets in motion, 
words that will come alive.  
Creativity needs to be added, 
then mix imagination with creativity. 

 
Coming alive within...

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I have lived a long life of 86 years,
now I relive my past memories of hopes and dreams
when I was young and thoughts of success...

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I can eat like a pig,

    As well as, drink like a fish.

        I can...

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*Walls*

Why do we tear down walls
Only to rebuild them?
Maybe in the same place
Or in another farther away

Walls are the darkness within us.
They are stifling and...

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Few now will ever make the cut,
Few now seem to have the time,
Few now see the need,
Few now see making the cut worth the effort,
Few...

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Hydrochloric acid fell on my hands and my eye
The sharp moon and the terror of the dim sky
It cuts me off with a spun of...

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Seeking certainty
needs no lamp, compass or map -
find it and you’re lost....

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ZEN DEATH HAIKU V

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

A cat in heat
can't catch a mouse? —
pathetic! 
—Kinpu, loose translation...

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ZEN DEATH HAIKU IV

These are my modern English translations of Japanese Zen Death Haiku. 

The moon
hovering above the snow-capped mountains
rained down hailstones
—Sekitei Hara, loose translation...

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Butterfly

Butterfly flutter by,
and make my life more joyous.
You are a song,
with your own chorus.
You are beautiful to see,
and be near, to me.

I watch you from...

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