uprooted
transplanted to a place
I don’t belong

*****

how hard it is to
want to belong to someone
who doesn’t want you

More “belonging” haiku at One Deep Breath.

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it’s dark.

- Zen proverb

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

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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