wound up in worries
a self-imposed straight-jacket
butterfly unfurls

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Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don’t make sense
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As soon as you notice the slightest sign of indifference, the moment you become aware of the loss of a certain seriousness, of longing, of enthusiasm and zest, take it as a warning. Your soul suffers if you live superficially.

-Albert Schweitzer

to be as close as
the breath warmed by your lungs and
the tears in your eyes

*****

Eyes can no longer
focus on the big picture
when we are too close

*****

even far away
I am as close as your heart
if you look within

*****

More “closeness” haiku at One Deep Breath.

I
lose
balance
tottering
(a baby’s first steps)
listing between what I feel and

what it is you want me to feel
A funambulist
walking a
tightrope
to
you

When I try too hard to get my life into order, I forget the order that gives rise to this life—an order born of mystery, but an order nonetheless.

-Sy Safransky, The Sun, Issue 381

Nothing is sweeter
than your tender embrace still
tingling on my lips

Together is
the salty taste of our sweat mingling
bodies pressed so tightly I no longer know
where I stop and you begin
arms and legs intertwined
hearts inseparable
a dream