for my mom
(2014)
My mom is not dead, this was a writing prompt from a workshop I went to. It was great practice. I encourage you to try it: write a haiku about what you would say to a loved one while they are on their death bed.
Wind screams silently Leaves shiver Why learn distance? Thoughts. Stay.
Why can’t we be human together? Because unchecked assumptions Because prejudice Because colonialism Because white supremacy
The sun shines through the window… Warmth from the closed off house b… I lay on my couch with a mind ever… each thought wrapping around each… Attaining limitlessness is all new…
Memories pass by, pass through. The heavy ones hit hard. Great posture can help one stand
There’s that moment, when I’m surrounded by drunk people, where I contemplate: "Stay sober & watch others make fools of themselves, or get drunk and be a fool with them." Last night I ...
The ego experiences less pain when the realization that nothing… I tend to behave as an introvert m… wrapped up in the contents of my m… It’s a jungle in there and I love…
Oh, limiting mind, how I loathe thee... I make efforts, you show me inadequacy. Treading this desert in search of…
Oh, how the almighty have fallen because they have sadly forgotten that the higher the tower, that insatiable desire for power; the more unstable it becomes,
Trees: If they didn’t exist, neither woul… This is the truth I want logging… I understand they need money to fe… but what good will money do us if…
Nowhere, nowhere I wanna go nowhere with you Let’s be empty together and fill our glasses with the nothingness we share
I am blessed with emptiness. A vessel to be filled then spilled all over humanity,
I’m jealous of your ability to esc… It seems to be so easy for you to,… dismiss the causes of your pain an… by getting drunk and “having fun,”… “It’s not easy for me, you know...…
It’s been way too long. It’s been way too long since I’ve shown myself love without the feeling of obligation. One day is too long.
Perhaps my greatest fear... the inability to unconditionally l… myself and others, including the world. Circumstances and situations
Child, sad child, where do you go… Are you embraced in truth, able to… Or are you trapped in hell, awaiti… Do you picture yourself as capable… or are you devastated by past fail…