Seeing

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There is much talk of sea level right now,
and of levels of the sea; as a boy I would stand,
stare and dream on that far horizon
where all pondered distance was gone.

The boy’s right brain carried more wisdom
than the later indoctrinated left side ever could.
And what drove the world? How did eons
of tides turn hard rock to smooth sand?

For that boy’s curiosity ever remains;
half buried windows along old streets,
the monochrome pictures of grandeur, destroyed

and replaced by boxes of brick, or cold steel and glass.
Sea levels rise and fall, as is nature’s prerogative.
It is not in anyone’s remit to falsify, or destroy.

Copyright Francis 2021

*Earthweal Weekly Challenge

Haiku #13 (NS)

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The wind blows a gale;
I must fetch a sweeping brush.
Fresh air in the room

Copyright Francis 2021

Haiku #16

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Sheltered in the church
I lit a votive candle
in the silent space

Copyright Francis 2021

Haiku #8 (NS)

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Delicate beauty
Sweet fragrance filling the room
In welcome silence

Copyright Francis 2021

Haiku #7 (NS)

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Walking on the ice
My short measured steps back home,
In all conditions

Copyright Francis 2021