Haiku IX

Haiku IX

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iron clad horse

  armored knight

    revealed history

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butterfly 🦋 

  wings tickle breeze

    nature’s autumn pleasure 

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floors 

  sea of hardwood;

     soft shuffle of tango

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identical but not

  friends

     sisters 👯‍♀️ like twins 👯 

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alarm system

   klaxons pierce air

      falsely notifying 

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head hanging

  soft growl;

     terrier warning system

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empty mind

   open mind; 

      kill the monkey 🐒 

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aging

  time slows;

     damn time speeding

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aging

   thanks for the memories;

     what memories

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aging

  get my glasses 👓;

    sitting on head

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shadow

   it’s cloudy 🌥 decor;

     understand the enigma 

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  old body and mind

     wisdom;

        interesting mysterious life

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subjective worlds 🌎 

  each has unique meaning; 

     vastly different

     from the one’s we see

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ganbarimasu 

   stubbornness stretched;

      do your very best

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ganbarimasu 

   stubbornness stretched;

      ganbatte kudasai! 

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“The galaxy we, ‘as individuals’ inhabit is made up of our innate character, the family into which we were born and our experiences throughout life.” - Suzuki 

character 

   uniquely molded 

      with cracks and irregularities 

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butterfly 🦋 or man 👨 

   dreaming a dream 😴 ;

      matrix’s of reality

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approach life

   utter uncertainty;

      mystery of abilities 

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humankind

  imperfect;

    potential for everything

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be the tree 🌳 

   deep roots;

       branches bend when battered

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human obsession 

   completely geometrical 

       nature’s beauty is irregular

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nothing lasts;

   cycle of birth and death 

       is eternal

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books 📚 

   never fail to speak to me;

       I breathe 

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crows perch

   cawing echoes;

       ponds reflected sunbeams

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Ohio starling

    moths flutter at light 💡;

         death 💀 head moths

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