a friend for a day ~ companion for a lifetime ~ boundaries ebb and flow —© Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
friendship
Trust
I leave my fragments ~ without regret or restraint ~ safely in your hands — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Darling 2016/11
Opening up
when you read me ~ when you become my story ~ we gently unfurl — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Blue gulls
like a caged seagull ~ when I cannot share my thoughts ~ then you set me free — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In the rain
as you turned your back ~ I expected you to leave ~ yet you stood waiting — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Like moss
you have grown on me making the days much warmer ~ after years of cold — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Old friend
I lost track of you ~ over the years and distance ~ now I wish you here — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Connect
strangers who are friends ~ a rare meeting of our minds ~ friends who are strangers — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Rock
and there you appeared ~ in the middle of my path ~ to reclusiveness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Attached
minding my own way ~ stumbling across each other ~ you would not let go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Fair weather
to my sunshine friend ~ penguins huddle in the winter ~ they too need some warmth — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 10/10
a stable presence ~ even when formulaic ~ just might do the trick — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
In-mates
pair of prisoners ~ being captured by this bond ~ giving such freedom — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 9/10
friends don’t come and go ~ they are a silent constant ~ even when distant — © Lize Bard @ out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 8/10
words meant for one ~ gain universal meaning ~ through our poetry — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 7/10
roll open your map ~ it should be followed by all ~ and its music shared — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 6/10
heed the hot impulse ~ dare to dream yet keep it real ~ subtlety the key — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 5/10
your words drew me in ~ exploration of a mind ~ then a map withdrawn — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 4/10
when you write your prose ~ in lyrical abstraction ~ it’s heard from afar — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost cartographer’s road-map to friendship: 3/10
like deep red wine ~ the bonding of minds takes time ~ it cannot be sprung — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
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
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
Stay
you echo my thoughts ~ in such a beautiful way ~ it surprises me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
Lost friend
somewhere in the world ~ somewhere in the folds of time ~ we will meet again — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa