Family – Page 29 – Iron Haiku

Safety

in the forest glen
a dappled fawn lies hidden
in the underbrush
–
shrouded
cloaked within
our own narrative

living in the past
reaching out for the echoes
of what used to be
–
wistful
remembering the way
things never were

as I walk this earth
I tread on those before me
my path paved with love
–
footsteps
your past guides
my future

a bicycle bell
she speeds by, skirt fluttering
laughter in the wind
–
She’s gone
before I know
it’s her

when I’ve lost my way
the candle in your window
beckons me back home
–
wandering-
guided towards
your light

in twenty-two years
from now I pray I’ll still be
waking next to you
–
in anticipation-
dreaming of
our old age

Shards of your anger
Litter the ground around you
Keeping me at bay

I took for granted

Always waking up next to

Your side of the bed

I wonder what kind

Of man I would have become

If we hadn’t met

Draped on an elm bough

Branches dapple the sunlight

That warms up my cat