Friday haiku 69

Today’s haiku is a senryu.

I want to be the willow
but I am the oak
and the wind is very strong

Time

There is only time

it’s not yours to give, take, waste, or spend.
You cannot pass, tell, save, or bide it;
You cannot make it, it will never end.
You can’t stop, have, lose, or find it.

It will not expire, crawl, creep or drag;
there is no past, double, quick or run.
No good times, sometimes, old, or lag;
it can’t be told by clock, or bell, or sun.

You cannot kill it, poison, stop, or shoot it;
there is no hang time, short or long, or nigh.
You can’t restart, replay, reverse, reboot it.
There is only time. It will not die.

You will die.
Time will fly.

Friday haiku 58

The wind blows
I blow back
Was that a shrug?

Friday haiku 41

This week’s offering is a variation of last week’s haiku, or at least is inspired by it. Enjoy!

Dead trees
arranged temporarily
into cabins

Friday haiku 40

Trees grow in the rain
outside another cabin
constructed of trees