#BraveWrite Cactus
My cactus plant does not bloom
it does not like my living room
a stranger in a strange land
it craves the desert sun and sand
I understand
#BraveWrite Shoulder
A bindle over his shoulder
he wandered the great wide world;
shelter was hard to come by,
his stomach was never filled;
Nobody knows his reasons, for
none asked, and he never told.
#BraveWrite Blast
Why didn't you come?
It was a blast.
For these things you needn't
wait to be asked.
But the other smiled
and shook his head;
that's right for you
and yours, he said.
#BraveWrite Commemoration
I told my story in a book
and only a little lied
so to commemorate my life
before I died.
If you should chance to read my book
after I am gone
I told the truth about my youth --
but I have lived too long.
#haikuchallenge Horizon
The far horizon
and freedom, while you and here
servitude of love
I'm not sorry, but sometimes
it's something else I dream of
#tanka