Category: Poetry

While tears rolled down from eyes swollen with         sorrow
How I wished to convey to her
That hurtful words from a few former friends
Would mean very little in a few short years
That soon enough greater troubles would come
The ones we all face while moving through this life
Filled with disappointment, despair, sorrow and ignominy
But little I said would reach her tender young ears
For my experience tells me it will take at least twenty more years
For her to learn the truth
That Pandora’s Box opens slowly indeed

I like haikus. I see them as a challenge – conveying meaning in seventeen syllables isn’t always easy. I will occasionally write them and post them to other social media.  My time today for writing has been limited, I might as well give it a whirl here.

a journey begins

uncertainty lies ahead

knowledge lies behind