weighed down by duty
constrained by formality
you retreat from sight
contemplating the roses
gazing upon the free stars
Category: Tanka
A Vision
A terrible heat
the desert covers our land
longing for raindrops
A vision of the sea comes
the feeling of a river
With the Sea
Far from the traffic
We stop thinking about time
Daydreaming away
Now that the sea is so close
No whispering from afar
A Sleepless Night
Noisy Cockatoos
Vocalising their feelings
Feeling so frazzled
My mind is like a blue screen
The Cockatoo says reboot
Alone without the Sea
The sea is too wild
the waves are crashing loudly
so unnatural
You boycott walks to the sea
you sit alone wondering
Discarded
All the containers
we discard as we discard
the humans we love
Unloved, no longer useful
Sad and alone in landfill
Paw Prints
Footprints in the snow
Followed by a tail and two
paw prints in the snow
we arrive side by side soft
at the forest cathedral
Without a Sound
you lost your lover
a silence hangs in the air
a tear rolling down
you grieve true sorrow alone
tears falling without a sound
Seawater
on our adventure
travelling to distant lands
on the computer
dreaming of foreign cuisine
imagining seawater
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Feeling the texture
Rubbing your nose and a leg
Another grey hair
Today is another day
An over-forty birthday
C & K 