Junk-Food Haiku

So much food today.

Three straight classes of junk food.

My stomach expands.

-LJ

5 May 2016

Another day passes

Another day passes.

The world becomes a different place,

in a sense of not knowing reality

nor the truth of it all.

It unravels the harshness

of all that is unholy,

of all that is gracious,

and all that is deceitful.

The "wonderful" world was no longer

the reality of my dreams,

but in turn, the depression

that sunk into my soul

soiled any hope of the change

of the world in which

was paved in stinging sharp glass

and clouds of gray and black.

And I turned around, not knowing

anything else, but the desolate

places in my heart, and my world.

-LJ

5 May 2016

A Prayer of Small Things

In Your name, I ask of Thee

to grant each mind the gift of peace,

the confidence to move the mountains

and bathe in Heaven's calming fountains.

I ask of Thee to give each thing

the courage of the song we sing,

the innocence that knows mankind

will never leave the last behind,

the worst of us to shine on through

so that our good shines bright to You.

Although there's things I'm not proud of,

Your forgiveness will always overcome.

Now, in Your name, I ask of Thee,

to hear my prayer of smallest things.

In Your name, I ask of Thee

to grant the gift of strength, 

the gift of love, the gift of peace.

Amen.

-LJ

4 May 2016

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My Feets Need Sleeps

I've been on my feet
all afternoon long,
and I had enough strength
to sing one more song

before I got home.
I took off my shoes,
I took off my socks,
which were two shades of blue
(didn't even match my blue scarf, mind you).

My feets need sleeps,
and I also need sleep.
So goodnight until tomorrow,
when I go help and keep

working on an opera set
to make it the best...
but for now,
my feet need to rest.

A. Men.
*thumbs up*

-LJ

23 April 2016

I Wonder as I Wander (What Today Shall Bring)

I wonder, as I wander, 

what today shall bring. 

Has it wonders of the summer? 

Has it breezes like the spring? 

Has it temper like the winter? 

Has it pleasure like the fall?

 Has it any of the seasons 

or sunrise at all?

I wonder, as I wander,

when today will begin.

Will it be when eyes open,

or feeling deep within?

Will it be when ears capture voices

of birds, or songs, or doors?

Will it be when gentle touch

trembles evermore?

I wonder, as I wander,

in this dream of mine,

today will bring much joy,

and love, and tender time.

I wonder, as I wander,

in this dream tonight,

today begins when seasons

sprightly wake the sense of light.

-LJ

2 & 4 May 2016

The Wind

Something in the wind said 

that it would rain today.

 The raindrops fell upon my head,

 the ground, wet, beneath my feet,

 with sudden thought to pray. 

The wind swayed every tree and plant 

to laugh and sing and dance. 

The raindrops fell in rhythm,

 the ground, so slick, and glistening, 

with sudden second chance. 

The wind, at once, began to pray;

 in its own way, thanking Him. 

The raindrops fell upon His land,

the ground, lifting, wherever He went, 

with sudden will and whim. 

The wind, again, began to pray 

for peace, for love, for living things

 to forgive its bouts of rage 

and tears that make the raining days 

with sudden bout to sing. 

But something in the wind said 

the sun would come today.

-LJ

2 May 2016

The lull was her love

She set forth toward the sea,
to the beautiful little town
with the golden lights in paper lanterns
and the fulfillment of life in her soul.
She took only her love.
She took only her ambition.
She took her regrets and grudges
and buried them in the sea
before her journey forward.
As she sit quietly, lulled by the boat,
she whispered the sweetest things,
as if singing calmed the seas.

The lull was her love;

he would do everything

to see to it promptly,

that she'd make it to the beautiful little town.
She was his one true love,
and he was her everything.
He gave her peace,
she gave him serenity.
They both took to the sea,
and rowed gently downstream
that led to the town,

but twas only a dream.

-LJ

4 January 2015

revised 21 & 23 April 2016