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1.2k · Aug 2016
To the Big Man
Mark Wanless Aug 2016
To the big man i gave
Money, a smile, kindness
Civility
To the little girl i gave
Orders, a frown, rudeness
Denial
Of her Buddha nature
No different from the big man's
in Dharamsala
1.1k · Jul 2022
fear 22/7/14a
Mark Wanless Jul 2022
i like illusion
of coffee...i know death is
mirage... peace is dream
born from projection fear
1.1k · Jan 2022
haiku 20/9/9a
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
pain don't matter now
breath and blood all important
sound the speech of war
1.1k · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/20a
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
i see the window
of the soul of you i am
blind but i hear
1.1k · Jun 2023
haiku 23/8/3
Mark Wanless Jun 2023
i see you in the
midnight of mind we are here
together again
1.1k · Apr 2021
haiku 21/4/28a
Mark Wanless Apr 2021
in the land of ten
fingers the twelve fingered man
is the guitar king
1.1k · Aug 2021
wonder 21/8/30b
Mark Wanless Aug 2021
******* wonder mind
walks the streets at midnight
with a spray can and brush

canvas the world
approval does not matter
they do they boo

hope meaningless
is is is that's all
a condition of existence

a consistent emptiness
to be filled with they
and the earth moves
Basquiat
1.1k · Dec 2020
haiku 20/12/31a
Mark Wanless Dec 2020
turkey's walk the street
humans say beep politely
life in the slow lane
1.1k · Feb 2023
haiku 23/2/1a
Mark Wanless Feb 2023
soul soft whisper feet
of mice on a mission to
eat   live long prosper
1.1k · Oct 2021
haiku 21/10/8b
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
nothing beats random
tree to halt life momentum
brown leaves on chill ground
1.1k · Jan 2023
haiku 23/1/4a
Mark Wanless Jan 2023
gilded a prison
in the moments of
yet was is
1.1k · Oct 2021
haiku 21/10/17c
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
true knowledge so deep
we have to go forward slow
compassion and love
1.1k · Nov 2020
haiku 20/11/15
Mark Wanless Nov 2020
i traverse life now
keeping precious mind busy
between cigarettes
1.1k · Dec 2022
haiku 22/26/E
Mark Wanless Dec 2022
i cannot see this
mind in an emptiness my
mind is emptiness
1.1k · Oct 2021
haiku 21/10/24a
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
my words are so strong
the volcano is jealous
hah ego mind rules
1.1k · Jun 2023
haiku 23/5/8b
Mark Wanless Jun 2023
unique spectrum of
genetics is all in all
no not really
1.1k · Sep 2016
American Dream
Mark Wanless Sep 2016
There seems no end to the infinite
Variety of choices for some
Yet limits that shape our days and dreams
Are societies more common norm

True freedom a plaything in never
Never land i fear to see and say
A flashy bright illusion fooling
The mind in its momentary way

The money masters enslave themselves
And pull the thought strings with greed's intent
Profit their god they bow in their chains
To bleed the masses without relent
1.1k · Apr 2023
haiku 20/12/16b
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
from inside to out
i fill all the universe
i am very small
1.1k · May 2023
i see 21/1/25a
Mark Wanless May 2023
i sparkled a couple trillion
brain cells
one-one thousandth of a second ago
blue sky an  whiperwill
1.1k · Nov 2022
haiku 22/11/12a
Mark Wanless Nov 2022
i called a dog to
the door the dog come to be
a dog ever was
1.0k · Jan 2022
haiku 22/1/3a
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
haiku 22/1/3a

so the micro invisiblility
of the nuance crys for
a true revelation of the unknown
1.0k · Sep 2019
haiku 19/9/3d
Mark Wanless Sep 2019
new demigods,twitter, facebook
call all souls to worship
we type in obedience
ah everybody knows this
1.0k · Oct 2021
glide 17/12/19
Mark Wanless Oct 2021
"Glide"

Eagle flying up above
wings of majesty
Floating high up in the sky
a dream   of mind

Glide up into atmosphere
without a downward glance
No need for a such a tiny bit
of you   and me

An eagle being what it is
flying fast for love
An eagle in the sky is free
being   what it is

Heard a story long ago
a distant melody
All thoughts and thinking but a dream
vacant to and fro

Now i know there's nothing new
this here and time is free
I give up all i ever want
for eagle majesty
1.0k · Apr 2023
duality 21/1/29c
Mark Wanless Apr 2023
the lies we tell ourselves are
   part of our consciousness
globules of satan's blood drip
   into our souls
1.0k · Sep 2016
Awakening
1.0k · Jan 2022
the call 22/1/20c
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
differentiate between
   the obscure of time
and the real now
   falling forward

no place is here true
   but a piece of what
can be is whatever

i smile and drift
   my mind and this
is but a short poem
1.0k · May 2023
haiku 23/5/11
Mark Wanless May 2023
i am not in charge
i write poetry what you
think is in your mind
996 · Sep 2021
dumb humans 21/9/14b
Mark Wanless Sep 2021
it is not me
it is the computer

i do what it tells me to
i am puppet to the master

old reality lost
we created

we control it's true
mistakes are made

not by sentient circuits
dumb humans
993 · Mar 2022
haiku 20/4/27a
Mark Wanless Mar 2022
we're all just beautiful
people walking around
imagining other things
988 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/21a
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
biled catacomb of
thoughts grip my soul in darkest
chains which can be loosed
984 · May 2022
haiku 22//5/17a
Mark Wanless May 2022
i've had it so soft
the pain blinded me
did not see the real
981 · Jan 2022
haiku 20/11/3f
Mark Wanless Jan 2022
haiku 20/11/3f

i am not teacher
you are not ignorant mind
you create meaning
975 · Aug 2021
haiku 21/8/7d
Mark Wanless Aug 2021
i thought i saw a
god in my mind it was just
you in a mirror
970 · May 2021
haiku 21/5/27b
Mark Wanless May 2021
i dream of walking
on mountains   ha ha ha just
one hundred paces
960 · Dec 2022
haiku 22/11/25d
Mark Wanless Dec 2022
fat squirrel move slow
warm sun brown leaves food close now
ignorance craving
954 · May 2022
haiku 19/5/30a
Mark Wanless May 2022
tiger scent with
rustle of dry leaves
on the path   a flower
936 · May 2021
haiku 21/5/7c
Mark Wanless May 2021
gun man comes into
i try to **** him hard or
hide behind a child
930 · Feb 2023
haiku23/2/7b
Mark Wanless Feb 2023
and the door opens
unto an empty chamber
existent future
929 · Jun 2022
haiku 20/1/1
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
to see enlightenment
in the mirror
no other choice
928 · Jun 2022
haiku 20/1/30
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
this time of compassion
my effort so small
ha   one tiny step
926 · Jun 2016
Work On What You Want
Mark Wanless Jun 2016
sorrow a mind as long as you want
happiness a place to be if you want
i choose the dark side
long ago i made a decision
happy face or sad face
my choice,, sad face. if
only i had the protector anger
to back it up
i'm working on it.
don't tread on me.
june 7 2016
906 · Dec 2022
haiku 22/12/16a
Mark Wanless Dec 2022
pain does not become
pleasure it becomes nothing
but pain
906 · Feb 4
haiku 24/2/4b
Mark Wanless Feb 4
a person at peace
suffers the sunset to be
whatever it is
903 · Jul 2023
i do not know 19/11/6a
Mark Wanless Jul 2023
i eat the food of the soft and hard work
   no time is left for a god to appear
cross the river and find a path that works
   a life of effort all live with the true

of not excisting in the mind of self
   and what we call god is a bandaid that
is better than nothing as we bleed life
   out of love upon a table raza

which is true yet maleable so now
   we walk and talk the walking head maybe
not a word is true that's not thought softly in
   a moment of yells and we follow

as to the inner true unheard that
can be peaceful if we try i do not know what
901 · Feb 2022
haiku 20/7/18a
Mark Wanless Feb 2022
i want a spring bonsai tree
possess it as own
shape it to controlling will
894 · Jun 2022
the hill
Mark Wanless Jun 2022
21/11/3

the grass on the hill
speaks nothing until
our ears open with age
and the demons dark will
loses meaning

the soft melody
of piece sends a thrill
to the harbor of will
and causes a self
into being

action a skill learned
from birth to grave
we pay not attention
to continous pain
and we travel
892 · Dec 2021
haiku 21/12/17e
Mark Wanless Dec 2021
first you have to be
a river not a piece of shore
then journey begins
890 · Apr 2022
haiku 22/4/10a
Mark Wanless Apr 2022
a moment of silence
negates the universe
oh what a wonderful
887 · Apr 2021
haiku 21/4/28b
Mark Wanless Apr 2021
where does love begin
in your own head only source
in the universe
884 · May 2022
haiku 19/5/13
Mark Wanless May 2022
shallow river
on the sandy bed
bones beneath
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