The Wisdom of Pearls: Haiku Trio

The pains of the oyster,

 

Creates wondrous beauty called a pearl,

 

Fruit of toil and pain. 

 

We treasure  shiny pearls,

 

Yet, we forget the miracle,

 

How pain is not in vain.

 

Haven’t mothers hurt?

 

To bring humankind to this world?

 

Is all pain useless?

The Lone Sheep

Lost, the lonely sheep,

Following its its own shadow,

It turns in circles.

Hungry Ghosts

We are hungry ghosts,

Never full, always craving.

We fill  boundless pits...

The Promise of Ends

Good and bad fruit die,

 

Joy follows sorrow. Life, death,

 

Ends have beginnings. 

Boredom

No peace, no solace,

Our monkey minds distract us,

Witnessing waking...  

The Melody of Bees

Melody of  bees,

 

The buzzing honey makers,

 

Praise the coming Spring...

The Life of a Tree

A Tree can only grow,

 

Out of the earth, borne of seed,

 

It needs nourishment. 

Rising Spirits

Nature stood still,

 

As the peaceful spirits rose,

 

From their earthly bonds.

A Blowing Wind

A coming darkness,

 

a candle waning, fading,

 

Thee wind  is blowing.

Mother Earth

You gave us our life,

 

Our food, our water,our home.

We stole and plundered...

A Silent Voice

Restless is my inner voice.

 

It is not the time to speak.

 

Spirit  will guide soul.

Shadows of Time

Time flows through our roots,,

 

Fruits of trees ripen and die.

Is it there all is?

 

Jungles of Sensations

The mind wandered, lost,

 

In jungles of sensation,

 

Into the flames...

Three Afflictions

hate poisons the mind,

 

Ignorance impairs the judgment,

 

Desire slaves soul.

 

The Carnival of Life

Carnival of life,

 

Masks, disguises, we all wear,...

 

Our distorted truths... 

The Old Carpenter

I last made my bed,

Ten years ago. In my youth,

With glue, wood and nails.

Rivers

Rivers apart meet,

They join with a vast ocean...

Becoming that one...

The Absent Creator

An absent creator,

Beyond being, time and space,

 Beyond existence...

Tears of the Soul

I cry in silence,
Unseen tears of the soul,
A soul still in chains...

Darkness in Doubt

Doubt terrifies the soul,

Exposing our weaknesses,,

It leads us to light.

Identity Crisis

I am. I am not.

I am here. I am not here.

Who wrote these verses?

Cages

Selves trapped in cages we are,,

These invisible cages,

Of our own making...

Future, Past and Present

We dream the future.,

Longing for a  better past,

We forget today...

Yearning for Home

I lost my purpose, ,

Lured by desire, vain pride...

Hard to return home... 

Snowflakes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The unseen snowflakes... 

A simple complexity... 

I know they were here.

 

Nature

Neither rain nor ice,

Defying  definition.
 
Beyond space and time.

 

Being

Present in   absence.

They leave but  traces.

Silent, altered  states.