Haiku/Senryu 三十二

-  Gyoga Chujo

 glaring blinding spotlight 

    under a microscope 🔬;

hold to humility and spirit ✍🏼 

                                   - Gyoga Chujo

know when to hold-em

    know when to fold-em;

don’t just walk away ✍🏼 

enemy within

    be wary of what you see;

turn them out soonest ✍🏼 

perceptions are illimitable

    interpretations as well;

use cautions in reading them ✍🏼 

hot 🥵 sun ☀️ 

    high humidity;

hey-ho swing pickax in clay ✍🏼 

end of time

    no more moments;

un-fathomable to our minds reality ✍🏼 

do be kyu

    aspire towards Dan;

embracing the full yin-yang ✍🏼 

follow every minute of time

    then let go;

remaining in the moment ✍🏼 

pain sharp or dull

    bout mind over matter;

ignore it in the moment ✍🏼 

artistic types

    obsessively chaotic;

test limits of patience ✍🏼 

band of brothers

    willing to sacrifice for each other;

death ☠️ is what one offers ✍🏼 

black wings flapping

    figure eights across ceiling;

bats 🦇 wrecking havoc on nerves 😬 ✍🏼 

life is full

    of things;

be careful what you seek ✍🏼 

think you’re owed

    think again;

you gotta earn it, every one ✍🏼 

what’s this we kimosabi 

    we is a way to be social;

it’s about inclusion for survival ✍🏼 

you only have one

    one life;

live it in the moment ✍🏼 

what we have been

    makes us who we are;

follow life’s path carefully ✍🏼 

sun ⛅️ peeks 

    skies upper lid;

warm summer daybreaks ✍🏼 

mosquitos swarm

    bats feast;

summer is here ✍🏼 

humidity high

    temperature too;

run the air down cool 😎 ✍🏼 

skies darken

    rolling muffled thunder;

dogs muffle bark complaints ✍🏼 

rolling rumbles

    flashes of brightness 🔆;

water cascades over land ✍🏼 

rice paddies 🌾 

    oppressive heat;

humidity ekes out one’s energy ✍🏼 

trapped am I 

    in a hard spot I am;

remain present will I ✍🏼 

long lines

     no masks 😷 or distances;

run Forrest run ✍🏼 

sadly I stand

    so sad am I;

smile motherfucker ✍🏼 

vibration deep down

    rumbling through your feet;

the roar of a quarter mile ✍🏼 

bag of bones

    skinny as a toothpick;

muscle beach Venice california ✍🏼 

in life

    only the single moment;

remain present live forever ✍🏼 

baby bunny 🐇 

    feasting on veggies;

cute cottontail sprinting ✍🏼 

ironworks toughest 

    craftsmanship;

adding beauty to a home ✍🏼 

eyes 👀 of a predator

    seeking prey;

but it’s a bunny rabbit 🐇 ✍🏼 

a flood of words

    incessantly talking;

regardless of what you have to say ✍🏼