in forgotten dreams ~ I still hear your silent voice ~ your hands fly like birds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Month: December 2018
Dissolved
I melt in your calm ~ fight with you through dark storms ~ finding shared breath — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
From the east
stirring sea and sky ~ the rising sun a kiss ~ coming from afar — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Saved
falling from your lips ~ and stumbling through your words ~ but then you catch me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
From within
something engulfs us ~ when dancing to no music ~ hearing our hearts beat — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
African song
it’s a melody ~ that caresses a still heart ~ ’till it falls apart — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Image
they live forever ~ captured in paintings and dreams ~ cradled in our minds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Sprout
sometimes they begin ~ in such beautiful silence ~ simple moments shared — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Continuation
still looking for us ~ unravelled and blown apart ~ by the winds of fate — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Seasonal
because knowing that ~ freedom lies in solitude ~ I can say goodbye — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Stretched
we walk tippy-toed ~ across the tightrope of hearts ~ intersecting ours — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Sunscape
a distant fire ~ burning the fears of our hearts ~ spreading its warmth — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In silence
living our still lives ~ some of us will walk alone ~ in a moonlit sky — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Age
we are old like sand ~ like the mountains and the sea ~ for we are stardust — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Of rainbows
a few drops of rain ~ the Kalahari blooming ~ and colour erupts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Left-Right
creativity ~ born from wisdom and folly ~ in equal amounts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Earth
and so we can write ~ such a beautiful story ~ of a simple love — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Flecked
sun-dappled mindscape ~ shadows playing hide and seek ~ with sadness and joy — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Curved
I look at the moon ~ it’s wandering in your eyes ~ reflecting a smile — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Membrane
I cannot discern ~ the dream from reality ~ in shared emotions — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Doorsteps
when you say my name ~ and draw me ever closer ~ I melt through these walls — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Minimal
simplicity is ~ the hardest thing to achieve ~ easiest to lose — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Waiting
standing in one world ~ looking into another ~ always waiting — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Masked men
you’re giving glimpses ~ of the beauty of your mind ~ staying out of reach — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Unsettled
loving solitude ~ thrown when someone comes along ~ settling in my mind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
State of being
it is so easy ~ your words reflecting my thoughts ~ about how we are — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Bridge
not giving a damn ~ is what you have to pretend ~ we know differently — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Here
in this quiet place ~ in a corner of our hearts ~ poetry is born — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Evermore
without intention ~ finding a still resting place ~ that leaves me stranded — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Diversion
as I play with words ~ allowing my mind to fly ~ it finds back to you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Frühjahr
late-afternoon light ~ when winter is almost spring ~ the idea of warmth — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Shades of grey
a sad summer blooms ~ in the shadows of your eyes ~ a season of loss — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Brief indulgence
when the days are blue ~ I may follow my heartache ~ for a little while — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Guarded
cautious of falling ~ in the abyss of the mind ~ where we find ourselves — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Morning after
a Highveld morning ~ and in each lingering drop ~ the storm is captured — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Gift
fragrant red roses ~ in the middle of winter ~ bring warm memories — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
New shoes
when we breathe the wind ~ leaping past mirrored stars ~ we become alive — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Challenge
when I dare listen ~ the silence echoes a name ~ that I’ve yet to learn — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In-between
breeze of the oceans ~ blowing hot and blowing cold ~ hold me in suspense — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Politicians
when they steal our dreams ~ don’t let them chop down our tree ~ where the birds sing true — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Blown in
this morning’s songbirds ~ brought with them a gentle voice ~ from across the sea — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Deep winter
ice-blue in her eyes ~ and her hands like two cold spoons ~ sending you away — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Taking flight
it is an idea ~ the sensations we create ~ it is nothing more — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Seeing
here’s looking at you ~ and the silence of your eyes ~ speaking to my mind — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Rediscovery
long-lost worlds revealed ~ light reflecting in your eyes ~ tomorrows concealed — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Voyage
journeys of silence ~ journeys of ancient pathways ~ and wind blowing sand — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Openness
vulnerability ~ such a precious thing to share ~ in another’s trust — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Acropolis
through olive orchards ~ across white marble pebbles ~ in Athena’s arms — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Looking down
my feet remind me ~ of the places I have been ~ of my father’s stance — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Strange bird
on these cobbled streets ~ your mind wandered into mine ~ and then I knew you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Landscape
when you woke me up ~ it was to a brand new world ~ of mists and magic — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Places
leaving our fragments ~ in kitchens and green backyards ~ in our words and thoughts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Just another day
the joy of this day ~ hours pilfered from our lives ~ from a foolish world — © Lize Bard 2 Haiku out of Africa
Recall
long-lost memories ~ after the still divide of ~ a grey rainy day — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Geitjie
you make the music ~ I dance to its rhythm ~ forever closer — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Spanish morning
from behind your mask ~ there appears a lovely man ~ and three blue secrets — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Collected
I’ve gathered the light ~ that was folded in your song ~ like rays of the sun — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reach
with the slightest touch ~ all the senses come to life ~ in a foreign land — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Anchored
when I surrendered ~ You enveloped my fears ~ and let me take flight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Whisper
speaking in silence ~ of the music in our minds ~ colours of our hearts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Time
little by little ~ they started drifting apart ~ as simple as that — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Peripheral
and there it remains ~ in the suburbs of our hearts ~ black sunlight and ice — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost passenger
a journey awaits ~ a protea-pink daybreak ~ a seat is empty — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pull
love is nothing but ~ an eternal blue yearning ~ tugging at our hearts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Reading
words give shape to you ~ while the sun clings to the hills ~ before letting go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Worlds apart
last night in your sky ~ a horse-shoe moon and stars ~ a four-leafed clover — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pensils
artwork created ~ with every word we write ~ something new is born — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Pause
revealing our souls ~ in this moment that we share ~ then I hold my breath — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Parody
in its mocker ~ the parrot’s voice echoes mine ~ inescapably — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Handouts
bird songs and soft rain ~ my early-morning greetings ~ lovely Highveld gifts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Beacon
we see each other ~ and greet on roads untraveled ~ meeting in our minds — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Early bird
red-berry daybreak ~ reflected in the mirror ~ of your morning song — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa