Haiku Haiku Haiku

scared 😱 ~~~

welcome because

it’s what nature intended to survive

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scared 😳 ~~~

know what you don’t know

practice and train in that

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scared 😟 ~~~

it is the surprise 

that gets you every time 

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time ~~~

suggestive and perceptive

time zones are tiring 

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our world ~~~

created in our minds

no boundaries 

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our world ~~~

created in our minds

the matrix is real(ty)

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too late ~~~

never

always a way

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physics ~~~ 

immutable

flexible 

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attitudes ~~~

instantaneous and gratification oriented

all consuming to vanishing future

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attitudes ~~~

honor, duty and empathy

the great oak pollenates

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games ~~~

people play

oh hell

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a nap 💤 ~~~

rapid recharge

sunnier afternoon fun 🤩 

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black belt 🥋 ~~~

cloth binding

your wings to the sky

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natural selection ~~~

not truth but what works

seeing thru rose 🌹 colored glasses 👓 

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mortality ~~~

it rides on attitudes

live long with optimism 

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enlightenment ~~~

tethered to rationality 

To the brilliance of reason

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Enlightenment ~~~

only to find ourselves

stupefied and paralyzed

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lies ~~~

not if believed

beware biases and dissonance 

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veterans 🇺🇸 ~~~

two kinds

combatants and non-combatants 

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struggle ~~~

as a struggle - prison

as a pathway - opportunity 

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theories ~~~

before data

dissonance takes charge

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brothers ~~~

who sacrificed 

Memorial Day honors

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brothers ~~~

Memorial Day honors

their ultimate sacrifice 

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Flag 🇺🇸 ~~~

just a piece of cloth

symbolism matters

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colors ~~~

red for shed blood 🩸 

blue shows we are true

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colors ~~~

blue shows we are true

gold shows we are bold

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colors ~~~

symbolism at its best

always faithful

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patriots ~~~

easily distinguishable

by the uniforms they wear

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patriots ~~~

easily distinguishable

by their bearing

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patriots ~~~

easily distinguishable

loyalty to God, country and brotherhood

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harmony ~~~

working together 

to achieve peace and tranquillity 

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brothers ~~~

I honor them in my own way

Semper Fi

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a butterfly 🦋 flies ~~~

only in the field

of sunshine ☀️ 

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pizza 🍕 ~~~

so good 😊 

a five course pizza feast

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pizza 🍕 feast ~~~

so good 😊 

each different with friends 

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anger ~~~

bane of existence 

except when not

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symbiotic ~~~

night and day

sun sets sun ☀️ rises new day

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silence ~~~

occasionally birds converse

sun ☀️ travels across quiet blue skies

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