Remember those days...

18 days till the New Year and so here are the first 20. They really were the hardest, but ended up being the best, at least in my opinion. The nice thing about the Haiku is that they're in chronological order as I wrote them, so it's interesting to see how my mood and style changed, not to mention my themes and content.

I started optimistically, I'm proud to say, but there would come a lot of ups and downs, twists and turns. Such is the rollercoaster of life.

The places we used to be when we were kids...

 

 

1.     In the beginning

Endings are too hard,

Beginnings, impossible.

What am I to do?

2.     What is Beauty?

Beauty is a fact,

Not in the beholder's eye.

An intrinsic truth.

3.     Dandelion

A Dandelion,

Floating in the summer breeze,

Cut down in its prime

4.     Crustacea, Crustacea

A noble lobster,

A sea of boiling water,

The last molt to red

5.     The way of all Flesh

In death, as in life

Dust to Dust and Ash to Ash,

The way of all flesh

6.     Freedom

I now fully know

The sweet, sweet taste of freedom,

But a few do not

7.     Wild Winter Wonderland

For one winter night

Throw caution to the wild wind

Dance in the snow

8.     Moonlight walk

In the pale moonlight

A fedora on his head

He walked, all alone

9.     Spring into action

Winter moves slowly,

and Spring is too far away, 

Will it ever come?

10.                        Flash and Substance

Thunder and Lightning,

Full of sound, light and fury

All flash, no substance

11.                        Master and Slave

If a Slave is bound,

The master is bound tighter,

Neither man is free

12.                        Desert Oasis

Alone and afraid

He trudged through a desert storm

Before he was saved

13.                        Lonely People

We all stand and stare

At those poor and lonely souls

With nowhere to go

14.                        Sunrise and Sunset

Sunrise and Sunset

Promises of a new day

Two sides of one coin

15.                        Life Rollercoaster

I wish I could fly,

Off life’s wild rollercoaster,

Who will fly with me?

16.                        Portrait of a man

A poor tortured soul

Lost in beautiful portrait

Hidden by blank verse

17.                        Poisoned Butterfly

Poisoned Butterfly

Fluttering aimlessly down

To the cold, harsh ground

18.                        Paper Chase

The root of evil:

An endless fruitless pursuit

Of printed paper

19.                        Burnt Fuel

The fuel of hatred

Burns giver and receiver

Wasted Energy

20.                        Paper Mache World

How Fragile is life?

Here today, gone tomorrow -

Like Paper Mache

A personal favourite is #11 - Master and Slave. In between all the pointless angst, I did get rare moments of genuine inspiration. I would soon learn that the killer of inspiration is routine. Any favourites of yours? leave a comment telling me.

I remain always yours,

Lloyd Webber