I have been told, if you
want to make God chuckle, make a plan. With
each beat of my heart I am aware of new views to scan, new fields to plow, and
new journeys to take. Without discussing
the “do-overs” to be done. Looking back,
I can see much that could be corrected to current standards. Looking ahead, I will follow my heart beat. There will be new tales to
tell, new mountains to climb, new mysteries to untangle.
I am a child, maybe three or four, I pull the new onion from Aunt Maggie's garden, and right away, I see many layers to be explored. So, I will be like the onion, slowly peeling
the outer leaves back, revealing something unexpected. Sitting with myself, investigating the "me of
me," gathering words, pinning them onto the page. Perhaps I will answer the question, "Who am I?"
God is amused when I make plans
Late on hot summer evenings
I can hear his laughter
(Some think it is only
thunder in the mountains tumbling into
the valleys.)
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Singer of Sad Songs
i hum the notes of the song play over and over in my head
the words to the song are unknown to me there is much sadness
in the world loss, loneliness, and disease ageing can bring with it sadness
often a loss of choices people locked away from family and friends
loss of freedom many different forms of prison sometime we are prisoners
in our own bodies no longer can do what we love
like a lost pet we can only sit and wait for what is to come
of course it is death we are waiting for the final change
i have made peace with death and know her to be kind releasing everything
man or beast from the cage that held it bound
November, 27, 2017
9 comments:
After reading your haibun, I will never hear thunder without thinking of God's laughter. (Sometimes we humans are so foolish, aren't we?)
I love the onion analogy, Annell, and what a wonderful haiku - God laughing at your plans - and afterthought. :)
Sad songs and sad song singers - even though they make me sad, I am always drawn to them.
Your both pragmatic and ambitious approach to the writings to come is refreshing. dVerse continues to enrichen all of us. I gave up on writing for several other blogs. My photography has shifted into first place for my daily focus now.
I make plans and hope some mysteries appear to point out better directions.
Both pieces were deeply philosophical... confronting the future and wondering what if anything we actually do or did control can be a sobering thought. Great write Annell.
Love your idea that making plans makes God laugh! Keep pealing the onion. It will make you laugh and cry.
Dwight
Sitting with myself, investigating the "me of me," - I like this, i don's spend enough time with me, maybe it's time to start a plan on this too. lovely haiku on making God chuckle, as our Heavenly Father He does love our little antics I am sure.
I really relate to both of these poems. There isn't much we can do about anything in the end, except accept and make our peace.
I want your comments, I have messed it up.
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