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Listening

December 2, 2019December 6, 2019 by CM, posted in Haiku

Listening

Snowfall,

nightfall.

more than

silence

Like the sound

of a single

raindrop;

or a leaf falling

in autumn;

and the sound

of presence;

of being

present;

of being

gift.

To oneself,

to each other,

to life

For Now

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 by CM, posted in Haiku

Turn off the light

lay down your head.

you have come

at last

to your place

of rest.

As you drift away

leave your stuff

at the end of

your bed,

for it is enough

now, all is done,

and pain has gone.

So, both glad

and sad, and so

much more

we wave you off

to a somewhat

distant shore

with stumbling

hope we strain

our eyes to see

some kind of place

we all might be

meeting

once more

Perceptions

December 1, 2019 by CM, posted in Haiku

There’s me

who I am

what I feel

I am

And there’s you

who you are

what you think

I am

There’s you

who you are

what you feel

you are

And there’s me

who I am

what I think

you are

There’s inside

and outside

and they’re seldom

the same

December 1, 2019 by CM, posted in Poems. Poetry

A Good life

This I know
that when
tomorrow comes
with the rising sun

things can change
for better or worse
or stay the same
till a new rising.

This is okay.
Life is this
and I want to savour
each of the moments.

For everything,
all the good
and the bad,
is gift,
present,
presence.