a spider flees
even it knows
wanting to live
Tag: life
2411
a piece of my heart
tiny patch of mesh inside
will gluttony stop
2365
among the mourners
two elderly men shake hands
still aliveβ hurrah!
2155
death has its upside
no worries of outliving
your retirement
2123
trains and their whistles
so late at nightβ ghosts of ones
I should have taken
2091r
this flickering world
a bonfire in the sun
ends as we began
2039
from reclaimed clay
potters shape their vessels
thus life continues
1744π
my doctorβs serious
ignores my sense of humor
Iβm the joking dead
1695
they hear my pleading
each generation of deer
grants me one more spring
1644
an old derelict
calling me by a nickname
last heard in high school
π
1613
cat wants snuggling
rubs her head on mine
bed partners life makes
1601
it takes a village
for some kidsβ for my grandkid
a squad of marines
πΊπΈ
1570r
her dead motherβs dress
swaying to a blues tempo
clothesline gently rocks
1533
drawer full of keys
what houses, rooms, hearts
did they once unlock
1532
they’ve become songbirds
girls we used to lullabye
now sing to their young
π¦π€
1527r
alas, unemployed
yet so overjoyed
a frog pondβs buddha
π¦
1511
rain unclogs the spouts
flow is everything
in this aging house
1503
chanting in anger
grinding prayer beadsβ
the string snaps apart
1490
a day to not drive
a day for quiet
run silent, run deep
1487
coffee, cats, a place
to read and be read–
what else can life give
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