relationships

Anchored

when I surrendered ~ You enveloped my fears ~ and let me take flight — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Safe

you may now let go ~ I promise I will catch you ~ flying to the moon — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Discovery

throughout the decades ~ as sweet loves came and went ~ all were shapes of you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Navigation

delicate distance ~ between the shores of our seas ~ negotiated — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Strand 2016/11

Separation

as we drift apart ~ I fly away from sadness ~ into the sunset — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Tokara 2016/11

Trust

I leave my fragments ~ without regret or restraint ~ safely in your hands — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Darling 2016/11

Nearby

made me smile today ~ your message from a distance ~ seemed so close to home — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa — Photo: Namibia 2017/01

Little treasures

these are my soft days ~ the ones that I spend with you ~ away from the world — © 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

This spring

behind autumns past ~ I still remember your eyes ~ finding mine surprised — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Heat

the fire in us ~ warmed each delicious sunrise ~ cooled into the stars — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Undecided

table set for two ~ but only one has arrived ~ yet three is a crowd — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Greymatters

an interesting game ~ sharing and closing of minds ~ never knowing all — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Restricted

once open now locked ~ one cannot help but wonder ~ what went wrong and when — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

In vain

as you make your way ~ through the fibres of my being ~ I try to resist — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

180°

I cast a white rose ~ on the grave of our sweet love ~ then you turn around — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Hearing you

I am listening ~ when you say nothing at all ~ everything is heard — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Noiseless

when love is silent ~ every nuance can be heard ~ every colour felt — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Minutiae

these are the small things ~ that add up to so much more ~ when we let them in — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Black velvet

the night’s deep stillness ~ broken with the emotion ~ revealed in your voice — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Truss

we found the tether ~ that binds our separate worlds ~ out of brightest blue — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Unmasked

our eyes exposing ~ what voices try to conceal ~ between all the words — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Surge

as the tide returns ~ and the moon pulls at the sea ~ you wash over me — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Yours

such a quiet love ~ never judging or failing ~ it simply exists — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Inspiration

I breathe you deeply ~ your words nourishing my being ~ then I let you go — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Those were the days

solitary days ~ filled with nothing about you ~ times were simpler then — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Twister

in these whirlwind days ~ we negotiate blizzards ~ to find each other — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Cabled

our parallel lives ~ are all interconnected ~ in astounding ways — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gasp

then I see your eyes ~ finding mine across the room ~ how could I forget? — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Opening

breaking the stillness ~ my thoughts shatter into words ~ some of which you catch — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Here

with you I can rest ~ breathe for just a little while ~ finding to myself — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Lost & found

I become so lost ~ in my isolated ways ~ but then you find me — © 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

Understood

wandering through time ~ forever looking for me ~ something you have found — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Special

wary of people ~ preferring soft stones and words ~ yet you are welcome — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Status quo

anticipation ~ I remain an unread book ~ you a mere idea — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Effect

trespassing through me ~ you went on to live your life ~ turning mine around — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Mere memory

recalling spring nights ~ jasmine-fragranced memories ~ a long-lost love — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Resolve

until we connect ~ I’m peeling through the layers ~ to fathom real you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Interconnecting

even when bonded ~ one-one we travel our ways ~ sometimes crossing paths — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Bionetwork

to be lost in the ~ ecology of your mind ~ truly beautiful — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Knotted

when we find ourselves ~ tied in such a pleasing way ~ time no longer weighs — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Blinded

love garbles our views ~ hides our inadequacies ~ a moment’s repose — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gift

bringing a calmness ~ that I unknowingly missed ~ from life without you — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Effortlessly

without me asking ~ stepping in the right spaces ~ you show love simply — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Simply be

please don’t try too hard ~ I love your imperfections ~ more than anything

— © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Between flights

worlds intersecting ~ between meeting and parting ~ hallos and goodbyes — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Insight

he knew as she knew ~ that it would happen someday ~ but neither knew when — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Unbroken

in so many ways ~ we’re perfectly imperfect ~ an upended whole — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Pull

tugging at heartstrings ~ raw emotion in a voice ~ through the night’s stillness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Sanctuary

understanding me ~ in freedom and solitude ~ you shelter my heart — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Appreciated

under the night sky ~ you reveal small anecdotes ~ of summers gone by — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Captivated

being mesmerized ~ by the unexpected depths ~ of this connection — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Misapprehenshion

such an oddity ~ even with the same language ~ we don’t understand — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Like tea

you seep into me ~ with your eyes and with your voice ~ or a thoughtful act — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Benevolence

when kindness prevails ~ a new space is created ~ as our minds entwine — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Shucking

you broke me open ~ when I crawled into my shell ~ revealed my softness — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Twisted

through bent perspectives ~ we cannot see each other ~ our worlds collide — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Gatherer

when I unravel ~ you are there to gather me ~ catching all my threads — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Friend

I will carry you ~ in the rocky crevices ~ of my beating heart — 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

Appropriated

a beautiful thing ~ a day stolen from our lives ~ fleetingly souls touch — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Legend

falling into us ~ strangers even to ourselves ~ in this epitaph — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Parting

path over the hill ~ you are on the other side ~ I just walk away — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

To know

‘getting’ someone is ~ perpetual amazement ~ and discovery — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Life & Love

spring, summer, autumn ~ love a much deeper season ~ the winter too soon — Lize Bard © Haiku out of Africa

Tethered

last night you untied ~ all I kept wrapped up in me ~ knotting it to you — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Tricky

between you and me ~ all the other yous and mes ~ a crowd hard to please — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Membranes

mysteries unfold ~ as you slip under my skin ~ warming up your heart — Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa

Entanglement

me in a head-spin ~ you in a bedlam of words ~ it is oh so clear

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Shapeshifting

sound of our passion ~ intense, intricate, nuanced ~ always changing shape

Equilibrium

to find balance ~ between closeness and distance ~ such a subtle thing

Occasional companions

such rare connections ~ once in a while we touch base ~ at breath-taking depth

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Thoughtfulness

when our minds entwine ~ a new space is created ~ where kindness prevails

Just a thought

your day wears a shirt ~ of pure winter-grey cashmere ~ brushed against my heart

Meeting strangers

strangers who are friends ~ a rare meeting of the minds ~ friends who are strangers

You said

“you never told me ~ that you loved me from day one” ~ but I did each day

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Lean into me

lost in your own world ~ lean into mine for a while ~ to find your way back

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Thank you for . . .

allowing my flaws ~ permitting me to get lost ~ gathering my bits

Nebel

a misty morning ~ folding you in its embrace ~ I stand here alone

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Comfort

solace surrounds me ~ as we map our future days ~ shaping our own world

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Mending

I’ll always know you ~ by the deep scars on your mind ~ healing in my hands

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Mooring place

a sea of calmness ~ you steer through my emotions ~ anchoring my being

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Slip

though I try to hide ~ my fingertips betray me ~ touching what I love

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Connecting

in parallel streams ~ of bodies interweaving ~ so delicately

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Enchantment

it comes from nowhere ~ a fragrance, whisper or glance ~ leaves us defenseless

Synchronicity

freefall of my mind ~ is safely caught in your hands ~ flying in concert

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Danger

moths around the flame ~ they play with fire tonight ~ only wax remains

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Dialect

always something new ~ as I read and read again ~ a body’s still words

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Reading poetry

when the day gets quiet
–
my soul can start breathing in
–
the air of your thoughts

This is it

so then, this is love ~ simple and complicated ~ all things all at once

Wherever

it’s equally short ~ the distance between us ~ either here or there

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Paradox

the raw emotion ~ that’s reflected in your voice ~ contradicts your words

Here I am

will you let me in ~ as I stand before your walls ~ knocking at your door?

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Bonding

we are from different trees ~ yet our minds demand a pair ~ fruiting in our thoughts

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Lost battle

as you make your way ~ through the fibres of my being ~ I try to resist

Concerted

each reconnection ~ through the windows of our eyes ~ syncing our heartbeats

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Hearing you

so little to say ~ but so much to listen to ~ our best dynamic

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Arrival

a wanderer comes ~ along his own winding path ~ to connect with mine

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Programmed

warped fidelity ~ culture clashing with nature ~ hide your emotions

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Reflections

in the shallow depths ~ universes reflecting ~ what we want to hide

They stand

shoulder to shoulder ~ gently touching the future ~ with hints of the past

Much more

travelling with you ~ deepens the experience ~ to more than space-time

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Swallows

she has warmed his heart ~ for the briefest of moments ~ and he has touched hers

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Rift

you misread my words ~ whereas I trusted your tone ~ now we are both lost

Experience

seemingly sad song ~ a love found and a love lost ~ but a lifetime gained

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Shelter

build me a glass house ~ so that my windows seep sun ~ and I breathe blue skies

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All is said

in simplicity ~ directness of expression ~ and intensity

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Resonating

playing our music ~ one sweet movement at a time ~ haunting melodies

The gift

he gave her a stone ~ the best gift she ever had ~ a piece of his heart

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Enclosed

the words we don’t speak ~ are captured in depictions ~ silently attached

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Guardian

take care of this dream ~ our universe created ~ in a blue moment

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Dictums

always grappling with ~ convenient conventions ~ caging us apart

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Object of affection

the one I treasure ~ the one I stumble upon ~ on a bright blue day

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Unspoken

you kept listening ~ to all that I did not say ~ then you understood

Never-ending

stories do not end ~ we simply stop telling them ~ when they come too close

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Memories

so many people ~ each one captured in a poem ~ each an emotion

Finding me

I become so lost ~ in my isolated ways ~ but then you find me

Delicate dance

with the ebb an flow ~ our emotions have to cope ~ in this odd duet

Astray

you were lost in me ~ for a brief moment in time ~ never to be found

Withdrawal

Triggering my mind ~ with deep riddles and layers ~ then you slip away

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Interconnecting

worlds intersecting ~ between meeting and parting ~ hallos and goodbyes

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