haiku

snow turns to sleeton a cold sunshiny daythen to snow and gone

i hear the windbut i don't feel the wind:the trees protect me

woodpecker on a logflies away and returns later --maybe they missed me

along my journeya song by Journeykeeps on turning

the fire burnsfor a minute then fades --needs rekindling

5 a.m. sunrisethe birds awaken --i drowse to their music

on the tablea jelly-filled donut -- no, better:vanilla cream!

no mice or rabbitsno dragons or unicorns--nothing but blue

i wonder whethermy final dream will be colorfulor only blackness

dinosaur sculpturerusting on the side of the roadunder the Texaco sign

tapping at the treethe woodpecker finds no foodbut continues tapping

the sun lights the posthalfway up -- darkening moreas midday approaches

banana in the bowlblueberries in the sink --oatmeal preparation

wondering out loudwhere will we finally settle?the walls say nothing

the house is cleanexcept for the cobwebsremnants of past lives

on the floor in piecesgrandmother's favorite cupnow everything's gone

laughter of childrenrunning through frost-covered grassdodging the gravestones

i yank the door shutand it closes with a soft click --victory!

i wonder how manydegrees of separation i amfrom the northern lights

dancing lightit's all dancing lightuntil the darkness