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01/01/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

A New Year rolls by,
And I cannot remember
What to think of that

Blast from the Past:

I have everything
I’ve struggled for years, but
Why aren’t I happy?

To the man who pursues more—
Will tomorrow be worth your while?
Or just part of an endless pile?
Why should you go one more mile?

Blast from the Past:

I climb the mountain,
And now what?
There always seems to be
Another mountain to climb

The heat of life
Can make even the most
Enjoyable day unbearable

Blast from the Past:

A fallen flower
Floating down a gushing stream –
What else is life’s dream?

I sit in your box
Wondering how I can move
Beyond these tall walls

Blast from the Past:

Life’s a chocolate
Box, unsure what you’ll get, but
Each has freaking coffee.

Fame only postpones
How long it takes history
To forget you

Blast from the Past:

History always
Exists within the cosmos,
As just one small part

We live in cycles
Of failure and success
Forever moving
Towards balance

Blast from the Past:

How grounded we are,
Breathing the earth we make up,
In, out, forever

As the world grows big,
I feel as if everything
Runs away from me.

Blast from the Past:

The process of life
One becomes and unbecomes
Reformed with others

Decisions, decisions, decisions
Build on the crater
Of many indecisions

Blast from the Past:

The facts can depress,
Only showing the extent
We will likely fail.

Whether we’re ready
We are thrust into the world
To endure together

Blast from the Past:

You are the rain cloud
That prevents me from being
Scorched by my own sun.

At the edge of who I am, I stand
Determining what it would even mean
To venture forward

Blast from the Past:

I’ve been standing on
The edge of what I have been
And what I could be.