to explore our hearts ~ we only have one lifetime ~ which is not enough

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the people we dream ~ leaving trails without names ~ ever in our minds

waves roll timelessly ~ thoughts of simplicity flow ~ nothing’s permanent

cannot stop hearing ~ the vast stillness in your voice ~ a heart’s melody 

 

Wasteland

over and over ~ your name in the wilderness ~ of a different place —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Heartless?

ancient skies said that ~ “in every heart lives a poem” ~ they were almost right —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Crimson

in a ruby’s red ~ we found our conspiracy ~ of entanglement —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Indigo

blue is that feeling ~ blue is that bittersweet hue ~ blue is or echo —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

No rules

we’re jumping puddles ~ colouring outside the lines ~ and it’s all ok —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

after the thunder ~ the sun breaking through the clouds ~ a butterfly lands

Void

rip the empty page ~ on which I coloured my rage ~ at an empty world —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Fluency

wanting eloquence ~ not achieving elegance ~ letters wildly strung —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Lifecycle

we are the seasons ~ springing forth and burning out ~ before cooling down —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Airstream

blow the drying wind ~ no part of the land is spared ~ the touch of its heat —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Seeing

one long drink of eyes ~ and we see just who we are ~ in the here and now —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Catching time

cupping in our hands ~ these mercurial moments ~ that flow like water —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Suspended

few words and a song ~ these days like a melody ~ capturing moments —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Finding home

through these ancient hills ~ with their breath-taking vistas ~ we find to our space —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Cyclic

sing me your own song ~ pick wild flowers on your way ~ then go home again —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa