tanka – Page 3 – Longing For Water

2024.07.02: reversal

above looking down 
what’s seen not that different 
just the perspective 

hidden in the reflection 
the looker that’s always there

have you been awake 
to see the sun’s morning kiss 
and the clouds blushing 

then the birds in serenade 
a chorus of love and joy

so much suffering 
poor use of human will 
enslaved by scripting 

Nature stays true to herself 
becoming all that She is

pieces of the sky
broken in separate pools 
not a whole picture

all the experts in the world 
expounding on their worldviews

here we are again 
embracing the here and now 
and letting it go 

all things are passing away 
becoming what we once were