after hours

2:00 am, fine time to write a haiku...
sometimes I need the soul vibrating therapy of loud music
you feel it from the inside
vibrating from your center
into the chaos around you
you are removed
isolated in sound
an island of perception
in a sea of electronic joy

numb
music surrounds me
the sound pounds me to my core
my bones vibrating

escape

This one would not let me sleep until
it worked its way to the surface
and was released.

endless
dark tonight, your eyes
submerged beneath a deep night
stars flash in their depths

desert hike

spring
white sunlight flashes
as water sings through smooth stones
clear as awareness

open
windows of sunlight
share glimpses of perfection
light in pure colour

from a hike today that searched for and ended with—water
as all good desert hikes tend to
water is not taken for granted here
it is a destination
something to savor
and wonder at
it sharpens the edge of the landscape
and the sound rings through the air
a gift