Daily Zen Haiku

Teeming with artwork,

Desperately creating

meaning in the dark.

I’m already dead.

How useless then, to worry

On what may kill me.

If you can’t run, walk

If you can’t walk, just stand firm,

and simply survive.

Everything changes;

Summer gives way to Winter.

Nothing ever lasts.

Hamlet had it right:

Nothing either good or bad,

Thinking makes it so.

Lie awake at 2,

Wondering what should I do..

..oh, write poetry!

Bring one present each

To take happiness back home;

Secret Santa fun.

Seek new challenges.

Do not coast, but keep pushing.

(If you have the strength).

Knowing is one thing

But doing is something else;

Go get off your ass!

As we hurt others,

So do we injure ourselves;

We harm our honour.

Retrospective view

to show what matters in life;

Obituaries.

Yes, I’ll take a break.

The next several haiku?

All autopilot.

Maybe some real life,

to refresh beginner’s mind

all over again.

Time for a short break

without always looking for

the next gem to write?

Lately, I notice

repetition in my words;

All been said before.

Five haiku behind;

Feeling a bit burnt out from

this daily habit.

A liar once said:

“Only once you have all this,

Then you’ll be happy”

I think of Spring,

all the flowers blossoming;

a time for rebirth.

I think of Winter,

Such peaceful tranquillity

in silent stillness.

I think of Autumn,

falling leaves and colder air

and graceful endings.

I think of Summer,

endless days and endless nights

spent enjoying life.

Generous offers

of warm friendship and goodwill

in a glass of wine

See Art everywhere;

Let it lift your spirit up

from its daily woes.

“Another haiku…”

“Don’t let it become a chore,

Just have fun with it!”