Step-by-step

all our wanderings ~ collecting dreams one by one ~ and giving them wings —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sweet dreams

shine vanilla moon ~ through the nebulae of dreams ~ that become too real —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Star

filling my hollows ~ in extraordinary ways ~ with nothing at all —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Shouldered

you are the shadow ~ the inescapable thought ~ I carry with me —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Slip

drifting in and out ~ of a mercurial mind ~ wishing I could stay —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Single-minded

can you do that now? ~ only imagine beauty ~ and nothing else? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Early bird

the sun came greeting ~ as delicate winds whispered ~ your song in my ears —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Perpetual

the seasons exchange ~ with ageless effervescence ~ multi-coloured coats —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Seeing

our minds refracting ~ into a thousand colours ~ the whole is revealed —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Rabbit holes

you hide away in ~ a newfound identity ~ sealed in memories —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Catching up

we’re chasing blue crabs ~ across ancient red sand dunes ~ in tomorrow’s light —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Earthly oceans

we swept the blue seas ~ for all the magic creatures ~ floating through our thoughts —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

On the move

packed in a coffer ~ such big dreams and little poems ~ all ready to go —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Beneficial

without blind ego ~ it’s constructively easy ~ to bring us to life —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Contrast

half-moon in the night ~ half in shadow half in light ~ facets brought in sight —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Shared

daydream confessions ~ to a perfect-stranger crowd ~ often satisfy —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Morning breeze

wind from the mountains ~ carries home sleeping waters ~ to the break of day —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Strings

a friend for a day ~ companion for a lifetime ~ boundaries ebb and flow —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

What?

was it a feather ~ was it the wind from afar ~ that brought you to mind? —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

New day

end of a dark night ~ coming of the morning light ~ new pursuits take flight —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Chill

a song filled with wind ~ a forest filled with blue leaves ~ winter’s heart of ice —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Direction

we are breaking up ~ with places I’ve never been ~ finding a new map —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Hoverer

always getting lost ~ you circling repeatedly ~ lab’rinths through my mind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Enigmatic

suddenly I feel ~ the great mystery of life ~ with us walking here —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nameless

his name is silence ~ his name is sleep and forget ~ a man with his pain —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Bird

listen to my song ~ capture my dreams in your hands ~ ’till we meat again —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Pan

calling the crickets ~ with the magic in his voice ~ knocking at my door —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Far away

this night is for us ~ with all its lavender hues ~ and a silent dream —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Near & far

a red footpath ~ into distant horizons ~ a bluebird in hand —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Paris, France: June 2018

minds in long ago ~ bodies in the here and now ~ an old city lived —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa