ultimately
taming
the beast
the one that speaks
the one that sulks
the one that screams
the one that cries
then watching it
like a falling sky the taming of the beast
apprivoisement
finalement
apprivoiser
la bête
qui parle
qui boude
qui hurle
qui pleure
la regarder
comme un ciel qui tombe après le jour
haiku
a walk early morning
in the early spring perfume and
pohutukawa
haiku
marcher le matin
dans les odeurs du printemps
pohutukawa
A haughty shadow*
a haughty shadow
delineated in Indian ink
appeared in my dreams
speaking a foreign language that
evoked my roots
but felt like thorns
sinking unwittingly
under the skin of origins
*first posted in November 2020