The Cracked Door – Daily Haikus
Reflections on life, the world, and society. Come explore with me.
Poems about nature
Sitting in the heat
Still sweating though the sun set
Waiting for the start
Context (if you’re interested):
The weather was simmering in August in Central China. Normally, I could look forward to the temperature and humidity dropping once the sunset. That evening, neither would.
Climbing one sand dune
So close I can reach the top
But my legs won’t move
Context (if you’re interested):
That day, I climbed a giant sand dune in the Gobi Desert. This was about the difficulties getting to the top. I was almost there when I needed to take a break.
Leaving behind the
World of noise, I sail the calm
Sea in search of rest
Context (if you’re interested):
Based on a Thai story I heard about Himmapan while in Bangkok. The character sets out into this mythological land to escape the chaos of his life.
A falling leaf is
Never a sign of defeat.
Open your hand. Let go.
The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem:
This is based on a quote I recently saw that seems to be attributed to Buddha or at least related to Buddha in some way.
There is a longing
In every curve that aspires
To infinity
Blast from the past:
Distant galaxies
The bundles of countless stars
Is itself countless
The bird in the bush
And the squirrel in the tree
Remind me I’m not alone
Blast from the past:
Survival lies in
Taking full advantage of
Your insanities.
At the sight of death,
What do we have left to love
But that we can fall
Blast from the past:
Life emerges from
Destruction. Exploding stars
Form a genesis.
The cliff faces shine
Against the waters of the
Rice paddies below
Blast from the Past:
The shooting star glides,
The last piece of the jigsaw
Filling in the sky
One cat tears into
The other’s face, but I can
Do nothing to stop him.
Blast from the past:u
Opportunists at
The world’s end, they emerge to
Prey on the oppressed
I’m the setting sun
Descending over the
Light of tomorrow
Blast from the past:
Out of nothing came
Everything, from one spark the
Entire universe