Tagged: tanka
for every year we
for every year we
celebrate, we are forced to
let go of a hand-
ful of gestures we have taken
for granted, time after time
.
20170723:2307
y
drowning doesn’t look
drowning doesn’t look
the way one suspects it looks
every time, it takes
something as hard and soft as
water to appear uplifted
.
20170714:2344
y
you and i reflect
you and i reflect
one another, imperfectly,
like glass mosaics,
a shimmering geometry,
intricate in every shade
.
20170709:2030
y
it takes some time to
it takes some time to
bridge the divide – we cannot
see what we cannot
see from here, every thing up
close will need a little polish
.
20170708:2347
y
after dodging for
after dodging for
some time, the heart no longer
becomes sticky, the
mind catalyzes without
prompt, the meaning gets lost
.
20170706:2238
y
without meaning to,
without meaning to,
we collect one another’s
words with devotion,
inject intent helplessly,
and still love inescapably
.
20170701:2311
y
