Like a lighted candle
You illuminated and radiated
Melted, light extinguished
My soul perished


Like an ill fated  crow
My dress is black as the night
My eyes are filled  with grief
My soul mourns in sorrow


You left a gibberish heart
A lot of unspoken words
Too many undone deeds
My mourning soul regrets


As you lay awake in heaven each night
I know you also bereave
Your melancholy resonates as you weep
Your tears, the morning dew.

Haiku 1

retirement~
reaping and enjoying
the fruit of my labor



Haiku 2

wisdom~
not bitter nor sour
a fruit ripened from the tree



Haiku 3

fruitless tree~
its melancholy looms
the autumn festivity

              or...

fruitless tree~
it’s melancholy looms
and echoes in autumn

Sand castles of childhood
Swept away by the swift tide
In a wink of an eye
The memories fade

I still love the sand
But the tide keeps coming by
Should I build me a sand castle?
A fortress , a sham
Never mind the tide
It’ll always come