Picking Up Roots

Starting Over

a slip
doesn't mean
a fall;

we slide backwards
in a moment,

only to start over again,
this time wiser
for having fallen,

we will all fall,
we must keep getting
back up

Simplicity

simplicity in all things,
find your object’s root,
find your way through;

too often
we add layers;

reduce
to move ahead

the simple path
so often
the right one

New Day

a half moon
hides behind a veil
of hazy pre-dawn clouds -

the night
not yet ready
to cede power
to the day -

its strength wanes
as the birdsongs rise,
the sky purples
ahead of the sun's
fiery entrance;

night becomes
a hazy memory
in the blaze
of a new day