The Shortening of Salad Days

The Shortening of Salad Days

Spring comes earlier

Summer heat too

Wilting

The storms are fiercer

But we're not made of sugar

Our sustenance is not so tough

Requiring diligent protection

And forethought

For Everyone

To make it out alive

And continue

Our young must mature early

And not wilt

Not surprised at the gale's power

But master all waters

Like life's blood

©️🧿Kiku Koibito poem/image 2020

Gifts Of Dreams And Consciousness

Gifts Of Dreams And Consciousness

This day is given again clarion'd

With all fires fanfare aloft display

Private symphony, solitarian

Such majesty illuminates the way

Bright and faint, the sheltering stars recede

To sparkle another's now falling night

A million prescient dreams to breed

Of flying free ahead of time, foresight

If there is only now, why then look up?

Anticipation a wasted effort

No knowing the future, young buttercup

Just be ready to adapt sans terror

Rejoice in the gift of complexity

Ever it edifies  humanity

©️🧿Kiku Koibito image and poem 2020

tiny spiders balled

surviving the last chill nights
until summer warms





©Kiku Koibito 2020

Mutant Iris

Unlike Van Gogh's Irises 

This one has the same color

As the others

The difference is not that striking

But there is something extra

Something most won't notice

Sets it apart

Changes the line forever

©Kiku Koibito  image/poem 2020

Mazel Tov!