A kind heart, a caring hand
a cheerful face, never out of place
An ear to listen, a shoulder to lean on
A novel idea to think about too
O, I’ve spent decades ‘changing the world’
Yet finding that mission ultimately absurd
So, here I am, focusing my efforts exclusively on you
Follow your gut instinct it's usually never wrong
Dubious fear-based feelings stomp through my country, dividing my countrymen. It saddens me, so I have to flee from the news. I prefer focusing on positivity and faith. It is difficult to inspire and instill hope when you are not consciously nurturing it. Believing in Jesus, expecting a miracle, ready to accept it every day, so I meditate and pray. God has this, the world is safe, even America, my angels reassure me.
angels reassure
jesus and his miracles
faith that god has this
Written 7-8-2020
Contest: My Faith Haibun
Sponsor: Regina Riddle
Maple trees on both sides of Nineteenth Street
closed down the evening sky.
In a slight uncovered slice a single star
was made to burn the brighter
by this focusing framework.
I wonder, were your drapes drawn not quite tight
to burn your beauty on the night?
When love gets buried in the sand
Looking around to see where this love will land
When your love has become so demanding
Everywhere it takes you you're left standing
Not able to signify how this love all got by
Why our love won't fly
Unable to certify the love you try to justify
One that is broken that no longer works on high
It's not because of we didn't try
At this point, I'm not looking for a reason why
Not able to let my tears just cry
I hope you understand why we must say goodbye
We started as good friends
Nobody ever said that friendship has to end
Because it's not possible to mend
Without having to pretend
This relationship has come to an end
Can’t be thinking we must bend our feelings
When it's much easier on focusing on just being friends
No reason to extend any more of this season
We should both just focus on breathing
And meeting on the other side
So we can let our love just lye
Looks like this is our love goodbye
That was broken and unable to fly
So we must trust that this is the best for us
Let's not make a big fuss or cuss
Rather lets just not discuss
What broke our love crush
To bring this relationship to an end
Did God damn me?
Am I crazy?
Too often comes the fear
Which I will not hold dear!
Reality and Sanity
Hope they aren't but vanity!
Wanting badly or focusing on the past sadly
Trying to fill a void that might not exist
Life twists and turns are distractions
From what I unknowingly try to persist
A path that has had many dead ends
A heart that has had hopes crushed
With a twist of fate the road bends
Once untouchable, forced to blush
As I reach out again I find it hard to relate
Difficult with the past handed down
I try hard to understand while coping with fate
Something so promising can vanish without sound
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