807

Those three Facebook dots
drive me crazy as they bounce
... Has my friend left me?

802-806

I am grateful to the website HaikuHorizons, which posts a haiku prompt every Sunday. Today's word is "brush."

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Handled implements

used to groom, to paint, to cleanse:

brushes of our lives

A soft gentle brush

such a slight and fleeting touch

against me, briefly

Our souls are brushes

and our bodies are the paint,

the world our canvas

A pen is a brush with 

with just one point and just one ink

we paint with our words

I remember her,

how she drew trees that looked like

they were brushing their hair

795-801

Laying on my bed
You hurt me deep inside me
From so far away

From the dead carcass
We take a bone and break it
And we make a wish

Try meditation
Instead of medication
Or in the reverse

She sees my anger
And she sees how I've been wronged
So she tries to help

Perhaps addiction
Is what keeps me up at night
And what helps me sleep

Sometimes a straight line
Is nothing more than a lie
Whiting out the truth

Morning has broken
Maybe like the first morning
Maybe like brand new

G-d, bless me to live

as you rock my sleeping soul

through the dead of night

793

Three dots are dancing
Telling me my Facebook friend
Is writing to me

792

Sitting on the shore
staring into the ocean
from my sailboat spot

780-791

Do you own a snake?
is not my go to question
But it worked this time

Sometimes sleep's a dream
But life is not but a dream
And we need our sleep

Like our broken hearts
What we think is half is whole
In the most real way

Despite outside looks
That serve as strong protections
We are all human

Even a hero
has a journey to go on
and dragons to slay

The tragedies are
the way that it has to be;
it's not despite them

Judging our feelings
is in the wrong direction
honor them instead

The curse of feeling
is the greatest of blessings
so let yourself feel

We need to break chains
to honor our lineage;
remember and heal

We need to walk toward
when we want to walk away;
therein lies our growth

Say what's going on
In your thoughts and your feelings
Don't make others guess

It is hard for me
To say what I think and feel
And I need to learn

779

We're not family
more similar to neighbors
you who work with me

Changing A Light Bulb (778)

What if the light bulb
wants and doesn't want to change?
It's just a light bulb...

777

I've come to market
tides washing in on sidewalks
upon our bare feet

broken hearts are whole
and open hearts are strongest
first, you must have one

774 - 775

There's an opening
Let it let the light inside
Let it let you see

Sit by the window
and see what might not be there
See past the brick walls

Inspired by Haiku Horizons' prompt - "Window"

A light that serves one
- Ner le'echad... le'meah -
Can serve one hundred

- Groucho Marx

"Do you follow me?
Stop following me or I'll
have you arrested."

Your Haiku Classes,
the email subject reads and
I get excited

The candle of G-d
- Ner Hashem nishmat Adam -
Is the soul of man

769

"Like" was never good.
Somehow Facebook managed to
make it even worse.