Strings

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

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your words drew me in ~ exploration of a mind ~ then a map withdrawn — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa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