Time – Page 95 – Iron Haiku

searing summer heat
just pushed our relationship
past the tipping point
–
a praying mantis
in search of her
post-coital snack

as I drive away
another grain of sand falls
in my life’s hourglass
–
walking the shore
the sand moves
beneath our feet

spreading alder boughs
provide little respite from
the stifling heat
–
impression
of my sole
in asphalt

feeling the glass give
reaching in through the mirror
to pull myself out
–
glassy water
ripples spread
across the surface

fire lights in your eyes
glaring over your shoulder
as you walk away
–
night sidles in
faerie lights
fireflies

while my life flies by
I can’t help but to notice
yours is standing still
–
frozen in flight
the languid sweep
of a hummingbird wing

loving you out loud
and I’m not even a bit
apologetic
–
trumpeter swans
building their nest atop
a beaver lodge

in the pre dawn hours
the sounds of distant thunder
lull me back to sleep
–
a hard rain
drumming on
rhododendrons

brief is our passage
across the river of time
into the unknown
–
oak saplings
from acorns
never unearthed

dealing with the grief
of saying goodbye to you
for the final time
–
rest
at last
in peace