not...

chance
I ask...Who are you?
those that join me in my walk
many threads entwined

through a text...

quote
words handed to me
are heard deeply whispering
quiet as a gift

sometimes...

restraint
they hold themselves back
my curious, searching, words
stretching and straining

recently...

away
to practice patience
suppressing thought with a breath
the moment endless

a need to share...

Something different. I might come up with a haiku, I might not.
A couple of people I have met in the last week...
...a student/artist continuing on the next stage in his life trying to make sense of life and love, so excited to connect and share his love of art with someone...he made me laugh, got so caught up in the conversation he called me 'dude' and instantly apologized...I'm 20 years older than him!...I wish him luck...
...a man older than the student who after losing his fiancee 10 years ago in a plane crash went on a 10 year bender...eight months ago met a woman and is is so madly in love he was just bursting to tell someone about her...what she likes...how she looks...he is awed by his good fortune...I didn't mind listening at all it was a joy talking to someone so open...
The people I meet are a part of me. it is humbling to think I might be a part of them.

yep, one was waiting to come out after all...

extending
I spread my arms, to
wrap myself around the sky
living inside-out

Thursday morning...

slip
lost in a meeting
my thoughts fly out through the cracks
a slice of blue sky

morning...

reverb
woke up with a word
there at the edge of my lips
an echo, "profound"

Sunday...

fringe
the air is brilliant
vision flies faster than thought
boundaries broken

slow and...

easy
to resonate life
as empty spaces are filled
leaving room for you
......................................

...but not waiting for you...

rebound...

slightest
a surface like glass
one touch and the waves begin
felt throughout my life

to go...

beyond
slipping through the cracks
I am on the other side
with a slow wild dance

to have...

peace
you are part of me
always as I go forward
every breath, change

this...and that...

spider
words again tangled
in a web of emotion
I am devoured

scattered
the smell of rain sharp
from mountains wearing black clouds
trees glow from within

clearing...

air
taking a deep breath
like something long forgotten
thoughts flow into words

pools
blue winter shadows
whisper deeply to the sun
twilight lies sleeping

greys
the fog slowly clears
flashes of colour find me
calling each by name

and I've...

reached
I breathe deep the stars
to expand and fill the sky
a slow spreading smile

(whispered word..."enough")

addition...

to hurt
I will not regret
any moment, it becomes
part of who I am

.............................

as it should be,
life's too short for regret
but long enough to learn

not wanted...

just needed
sharp deep growing pains
layers of my skin removed
softly risen sun

and now...

true
the pain of knowing
is honest, sharp and real
yet the love remains

puzzle pieces...

worn path
quietly I fall
deep beneath my blue waves
words evaporate

and there, always there
stars and silver threads entwine
keep me to this earth


space
opening my eyes
I release you from my shell
not to be contained


notes
dancing to my ears
water over desert stones
quietly laughing

through the twilight...

encounter
over the mountains
a full moon swollen with light
rises to meet me