fear

when fear crawls
under your bed
say it loud
that you are brave

make a plan
how you can bar
its vicious bite
I know you can

pull yourself up
above all fear
reality is what is near
and you can choose

to feel the light
to take the step
that will take you
where you need to get

someday

some day I am gonna start
a big fight
against the inequalities
of trees

some of them are simply
too tall
to let others thrive
in their shade


some of them are
rapacious
building huge hats
to capture light

all for themselves
but light
should be shared
equally

especially
since it comes free
to us
including the short ones.

don't cover the head
of little ones
with your shade
unless you want them
perhaps protected
from storms
and then it is you
tall ones
bringing a service
to the short ones
and you can only hope
for the future
they will keep making
just reasonable
demands
or else I will have to start
another fight

blue balloon

the blue balloon
had lost the kid
who led its way
thorough town today

he hopped a little
down the street
he hopped a little
up the street

then he decided
he would follow
cars who came
its way

and after hopping
to my joy
for many minutes
on my street

he must have met
somehow a nail
to make him pop
or he would still be here today.

three

image from photo.net/photos/dzchang




at about three o'clock
three graces show up
around my trillium tree
to break from work
and share a cup
of linden tea

(can I use tilia instead of linden?)

cemelias (2)

camelias push with gentle force
petal after petal against frost
their buds to open;thus they soften
the winter as perceived in our souls.