Stretched

we walk tippy-toed ~ across the tightrope of hearts ~ intersecting ours — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Right here

in this quiet place ~ in a corner of our hearts ~ poetry is born — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

En route

on this little path ~ your heart lightly touching mine ~ our minds might take flight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Unguarded

there is no protection ~ against the season of the heart ~ mirrored every day — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Back to reality

harlequin of hearts ~ brings laughter and merriness ~ until the mask drops — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa —

Hysbak

we hold to our hearts ~ those simple little pleasures ~ what no one can know — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa: Adds are not mine

Wilderness

after getting lost ~ I went looking for my heart ~ and then lost that too — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

In vain

with our futile words ~ we write into the spaces ~ where our hearts should be — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Designation

colour of our hearts ~ so difficult to define ~ a deep-red velvet — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Silent periodical

what if we could read ~ the still journal of a heart ~ every day’s hushed song? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Overlooked

something forgotten ~ something simply left behind ~ could it be my heart? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Hope

there lives a flower ~ in the crevices of each heart ~ no matter how tough — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Locked

where do we go to ~ when we fathom that our hearts ~ are not ours to give? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Ledge

from your windowsill ~ song of a pennywhistle ~ captured my heart — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tantalised

you teased and tortured ~ the strings attached to my heart ~ until you were in — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Brave?

where our minds linger ~ we may find our hearts follow ~ when we dare to look

Awareness

by touching our hearts ~ seeing who we really are ~ we become alive — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Nooks & crannies

somewhere in my heart ~ I found a small piece of you ~ shyly hiding there — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Kruis en dwars

footprints of a heart ~ criss-crossing trails in the sand ~ always returning — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Fortitude

lane of backbone trees ~ opens up the avenue ~ to explore our hearts — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Pulse

so close yet so far ~ colliding drifting apart ~ rhythm of our hearts — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

The follower

following this heart ~ wherever she might lead me ~ always something new — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa