Tongue

you speak in colours ~ I hear you in a rainbow ~ our imagined world —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Origins

ancient oceans arise ~ we’re wandering the distance ~ of our long-lost paths —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Radiation

we are exposed in ~ phosphorous glows of the blues ~ emotions revealed —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Along the way

dreaming in our minds ~ journeys in silence and stone ~ radiating warmth —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Ebb & flow

in the tidal tug ~ I can only gravitate ~ towards your slow pull —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nebel

through the mists of time ~ you find your way back to me ~ on a lonely shore —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Depth

this is where we dream ~ in our galaxy of blues ~ a deep universe —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Creativity

unbeknown to us ~ art teaches us about love ~ teaches us to share —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Time out

deluge of silence ~ bursts over everyday noise ~ to drain weariness —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Courage

not fearing the leap ~ it is only in mid-air ~ that our wings unfurl —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Architecture

texture and detail ~ every element perceived ~ in their smallest parts —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Up and down

in cloudy mountains ~ I find the deep grey oceans ~ captured in your eyes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

How do you do?

dancing through the clouds ~ and meeting parts of myself ~ in parts of your mind —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Brush

you paint with colours ~ on my vacant white canvas ~ creating such joy —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Zero

finding our freedom ~ if nothing belongs to us ~ then we can let go —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Golden

a ripe papaya ~ tasting like the yellow sun ~ pleasure of the day —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Empty chair

you can find me still ~ on these melancholic days ~ in spaces we shared —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Moisture

a fine rain of words ~ precipitates the desert ~ of our wanderings —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Stratigraphy

finding our bedrock ~ after years excavating ~ layered affection —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Moment

every now and then ~ we rest on the precipice ~ ready to take flight —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

New light

in the morning light ~ learning to see the ocean ~ through adjusted eyes —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Autumn

being effortless ~ we drift and play on the wind ~ then we find silence —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

No tweet

conversation dies ~ when we retreat in our minds ~ savouring shared hours —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

South Africa Voting

new ANC’s greed ~ does what Apartheid couldn’t do ~ it destroys our dreams —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

 

Airport

flying away with ~ a to-do list in my bag ~ your heart on my sleeve —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Experience

adrift in the grey ~ no beginning and no end ~  this one day only —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gone

upon departure ~ hearing a birdsong echo ~ your voice growing soft —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Passage

lost-love requiem ~ a choir of memories ~ slowly vanishing —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Boyhood

this our departure ~ each a different destiny ~ on a shared journey —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa