Haiku x 7
"True colors shining.."
Who knew in one month's time that
Our world would change fast?
When people talk through
A mask for their own safety
It is so surreal.
Each day brings new thoughts
Outside? Inside? Food or meds?
What is called for now?
Adding on to this -
Government failed many times
But people stood up!
Passing the blame solves
nothing; people are dying
We are heartbroken.
We're also living
Making ways out of no ways
That gets wearisome.
Yet hope is at hand
Birds sing, grass grows, flowers bloom.
Can we? Let us dare!
Haiku x 5
There are many days
That are celebrated in
The spring; in April
Many religious
Many are fun and frolic -
Two are for spirit
What happened since the
start of this year affecting
so much change and shift?
A simple cell which
doubled and expanded with
a global impact
Will we learn from this
to move to present/presence
or know deja vu?
Haiku x 5
Winter into Spring
From gloom into glow
What is ahead now?
Many raise voices
On what is right and not so
Which path is just true?
Common sense thinkers
Are now in a quandary -
Justice or just us?
It is neither nor
Both are necessary to
Confront, transcend evil.
Women are knowing
Pay attention to their voice
Then ALL benefit.
Haiku x 7
A man had this thought
"We are a special people,
Our stories need voice."
Negro History
Then Black History came
in February.
First a week, then a
whole month; why not all year
in books and in schools?
Could it be that we
were not worthy? "In whose eyes?"
Ancestors cry out!
Our ancestors cry
"We did our best for YOU, our
Legacy and truth"
Empowerment is
A slow climb up steep hills, but
Oh, what courage built!
A glimpse of light at
the end of the obstacle
Validates cause made.
Haiku x 5
As the year changes,
Will you grow from old habits
Into new strength?
As one gets older
The words of ancestors ring:
"Time is a-wasting!"
Courage! Ancestors
say, but how to listen?
With heart and mind and soul.
The state of U.S.
Is not for the fainthearted
It requires truth.
What I wear on me
Words that I speak "properly,"
Are not my summary.