Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 2/10

a shared journey starts ~ not with a lone traveller ~ but concurrently — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Silent synchronicity

our footfalls in sync ~ our thoughts remain unspoken ~ in precious silence — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Cybertime

almost together ~ virtually sharing lives ~ but never quite so — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 1/10

though I said never ~ la donna è mobile ~ like your acquaintance — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sigh

whispering your name ~ the wind carries it away ~ across the oceans — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Appeased

a rare rainy day ~ will not keep the drought at bay ~ but it brings a smile — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Stark truths

Africa shouting ~ against past injustices ~ should we best whisper? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Unique

nowhere in the world ~ nowhere in the folds of time ~ is a space like you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dialect

our vernacular ~ the silences we dare share ~ to understand — ©Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Pondering girl

will I break like you ~ my pretty porcelain doll? ~ when I’m tossed aside — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Unimagined

in your smiling eyes ~ I see a new world unfold ~ one I never dreamt — © Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa17

Kalahari dusk: April 2018

a dream in pink clouds ~ floating by my windowpane ~ carries me away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Ledge

from your windowsill ~ song of a pennywhistle ~ captured my heart — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Resolve

until we connect ~ I’m peeling through the layers ~ to fathom real you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Another rock

the yellow moon globe ~ reclining on its lazy back ~ marking our slow night — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Working

our machinery ~ a never-ending resource ~ loves to run on air — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Still music

a silence that sings ~ like reeds in an autumn wind ~ crickets in the night — © Haiku out of Africa

Family

nuts and bolts of life ~ though rusted to dysfunction ~ still binding as one — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Travellers

so far-far away ~ from what home’s supposed to be ~ yet here we belong — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Imperfections

we can’t hide the cracks ~ they are there for all to see ~ might as well love them — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tantalised

you teased and tortured ~ the strings attached to my heart ~ until you were in — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Hands

looking at your hands ~ they are rough from years of work ~ yearning for a touch — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa0

Head space

we’re insulated ~ in the spaces we create ~ for our minds to meet — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Interconnecting

even when bonded ~ one-one we travel our ways ~ sometimes crossing paths — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Holding on

your dreams are holding ~ me who want to drift away ~ steadfast in the wind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Slow release

slowly settling in ~ growing in our solitude ~ which is a shared space — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Bionetwork

to be lost in the ~ ecology of your mind ~ truly beautiful — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Knotted

when we find ourselves ~ tied in such a pleasing way ~ time no longer weighs — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Inside out

as emotions flow ~ in the warm lines of my words ~ I smile at the cold — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Life

it can be daunting ~ when you struggle to shine through ~ but life finds a way — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Evoked

the scars in the dust ~ of a body forgotten ~ when I feel your weight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Picasso detail: Madrid airport

sometimes paths converge ~ when we go our separate ways ~ waiting on airports — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Musing

in your reverie ~ hands mimicking the stillness ~ that I find in you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Murmur

softly rumbling stones ~ your voice flows like a river ~ listening to you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Departure

it was your last wish ~ I stand holding your goodbyes ~ in both of my hands — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Favourite

a darling black stone ~ one who is warmed by the sun ~ and soft to the touch — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Mannequin

beauty is captured ~ in your eyes of yesterday ~ your tomorrow smiles — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Wonderland

down the rabbit hole ~ we slip when we share a space ~ shaping our own world — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Dawdle

in our quietude ~ we let the world rush by us ~ making moments last — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Musical storm

unravelling sounds ~ in the fragments of my mind ~ a voice-cloud gathers — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Interlude

two ships setting sail ~ facing their personal storms ~ in a shared harbour — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Release

finding dragonflies ~ chasing our dreams together ~ then letting them go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Cold

you look at my days ~ through the windows of winter ~ seeing summer sun — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Art

our common language ~ cannot be a spoken one ~ yet we understand — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Maintenance

an empty street ~ paper blowing in the wind ~ my life in retreat — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Realism

our digital world ~ I miss life’s authenticity ~ an authentic touch — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

The fit

treasuring these words ~ brightest diamonds in my hands ~ heartfelt reflections — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Blinded

love garbles our views ~ hides our inadequacies ~ a moment’s repose — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Perceive

I love to discern ~ the hues playing in your eyes ~ as you look at me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Modulation

draped across our words ~ covering the nuances ~ layers of silence — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Eyeycontact

I watch you dancing ~ your soul captured in each step ~ your heart in motion

Clarity

if we could only ~ grasp the essence of stillness ~ all will be clear — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Spiraling

in the dark of night ~ a voice wraps around my mind ~ then it slips away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Stay

you echo my thoughts ~ in such a beautiful way ~ it surprises me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Reverie

how I like to be ~ in your silent company ~ simply lost in thought — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Out of the ordinary

there’s nothing mundane ~ our lives multi-faceted ~ when weaving our worlds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Precious

life is made of this ~ simple moments together ~ spent in idleness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

With time

as we live our lives ~ we all deteriorate ~ find rustic splendour — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Reason

your voice soothes my soul ~ silences my inner storms ~ calming restless waves — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Reisiger

once I was afraid ~ now I hold you very dear ~ you travelled with me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

On a limb

happily forlorn ~ we’re on a road to nowhere ~ which leads everywhere — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

City strolling

even when you are near ~ I remain the wanderer ~ with us on my mind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Peeled

when you read my poems ~ they are unedited me ~ with layered meaning — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Liquid rock

fitting into me ~ leaving no untouched spaces ~ and nowhere to hide — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Starfish

float through my dreamscape  ~ with your changing emotions ~ in rainbow colours — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Story telling

the beauty of words ~ paints bright pictures in our minds ~ with lasting effect — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Soupçon

little bit of love ~ little bit of poetry ~ goes such a long way — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gift

bringing a calmness ~ that I unknowingly missed ~ from life without you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tamper-proof

in a blue bubble ~ there’s safety from the harshness ~ of the outside world — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Resounding

it’s the sea at dusk ~ it’s deep and saturated ~ it’s your kind of blues — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

April day

the delicate touch ~ of autumn on the Highveld ~ today’s little joy — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Early

morning messages ~ written when the birds still sing ~ telling you I care — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Roaming hearts

this feels much like home ~ even though I’m far away ~ here I found a place — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa