Chess

An old chessboard’s rules
Entrap the mind of players
Into wins and loss

Dive

How much further down
Until one knows is falling
How much further up

Twilight

Through words one tells
The light from darkness
A madman’s dream

Extremes

Some find a truth
And settle right there
At farthest sides

Mastery

From suffering
A master is born
And disciples

Theater

People acting
From morning till dusk
No puppeteer

Entrapment

A butterfly
Caught in a circle
Who would have thought

Metamorphosis

Words transform night
Into wonderful mornings
Dreaming in meanings

Incense

From a scent stick
Ashes drawn by wind
To its senses

The Catcher

When the wind grieves
And stars are falling
There to catch them

Hollow

Between the clouds
Barking at the moon
No dog around

Emptiness

An empty square
An old man sweeping
Its emptiness

Trifles

What’s a candle
Without its lit fire
Glancing knick-knack

Depth

A small lake
Inside a sea
Words' nature

Braveness

A brave little girl
Climbed a grizzled old poplar
Returning pale leaves

Colors

Patches of colors
Individualities
Enrich wood’s pallet

Craft

Even dead leaves
Can become vessels
Of daring thoughts

Zen

Some left their Zen
On top of mountains
They never climbed

Evolution

Who would have thought
We would become gods
By playing gods

Fall

How much heart loves
Falling into traps
Mind can’t control

Flashes

Heart flickers
Lighten the room
Cold old fires

Curiosity

A cat’s whiskers
Aim into unknown
Up to the tail

Flutter

Arching back
Moving forward
Wind’s offspring

Decay

Where once a rock
Has marked old kingdoms
Blades of grass green

Nudity

How tall the souls
Of grizzled poplars
Inked nakedness

Words

What’s in a word
But a little world
Out of nothing

Shivers

For days the rain
In windows trembles
Pitter-patter

Flight

Wild ducks in flocks
Fly over river
Colorful fall

Deceit

River’s tenderness
Can bring in knees a mountain
Deceitful whispers

Haiku

In depth of night
Reaching for your heart
In light of thoughts

Pulse

Two hearts’ beats
Pulsing in synch
All else noise

Microcosm

Moon’s kiss
Sun’s embrace
Sea’s glimpse

Sailing

Fully motorized
But longing more than ever
For wind’s caresses

Time Capsule

Moments we had
Wait in mind’s corners
For their time

Secret Garden

There is within
A shifting dwelling
Where things happen

Flightiness

Woke up each day
With another girl
Damn hospitals

Hideout

The wood lightens
The dense cloudy sky
Town in a hide

Smoke

Traces of smoke
Spring free from chimneys
Clouds’ early meal

Tribute

Tree after tree
Pays yearly tribute
Gone innocence

Puzzle

Are you night’s magic
A traveler’s good fortune
Or just a red fox

Trailing

After the rain
Joggers hit the road
On foxes’ tails

Addiction

Apart from you
Time lost its meaning
So I’m with you

Shine

The star I wear
Upon my bare chest
Wishes to shine

The Puppeteer

Dead leaves
Drifting wind
Life strings

Flashes

Piercing flashes
Of what would have been
All left behind

Cracks

Fancy clothes
Not letting the light
Reveal souls' cracks

Velvet

A velvet red moon
Must be waiting between stars
For its adorer

Fall

How fast the cat
Stands up and tumbles
Pierced by a nap

Red

Roses’ red pales
At the red of leaves
Wild autumn dreams

Jump

Volleyball balls bounce
From one side to the other
To rest to an end

Doubt

How easy to deem
An afar image of damned
Than the afore-tears

Worth

Easy gain
Can’t prove its worth
In mundane

Reach

One’s life spreads
To depths of own breath
Up to the sky

Stretch

One walks the road
To prove his own worth
To by-shadows

Speed

Catching the moon
Into my bare palm
Letting it go

Love

Candles burning
For each other’s dreams
Ascending smoke

Peacefulness

On an old porch
The whole universe
Surrendering

Shine

One side yellowed
The other dark green
Askew treetops

Big Brother

Big brother's sway
Looks for souls away
Went too astray

Turns

Two wrong turns
Brought me back home
One good turn

Walk

Light after light
Counting my footsteps
Up to a stop

Frozen

First windshields
Started to tremble
At winter's thought

Transparence

Buildings of chairs
Let light through windows
Lighten one's walk

Sailing

On the waves of love
One’s vulnerable in time
To every crosswind

Existence

I write
I exist
In words

Quest

From all moments
Slipped through one’s fingers
Catch a second

Man

Man’s just half of arc
Willing to be a circle
Of encompassment

The Actor

An empty theater
He bowed and followed his act
In all perfection

Touch

Black orchid
Touching your skin
All’s wonder

Breath

Mountains' breath
Hounds the valleys
Raising rain

Rush

Colder the breeze
Rushing through one’s veins
Not fallen leaves

Flight

Sparrows bathing
In morning’s sunlight
Flocking around

Passages

Moments go
And sometimes come
Expected

Beggars

Begging for love
Imploring the gods
What a disgrace

Centeredness

A wild flower
The mid of nowhere
Center of all

Tenderness

Is it the wood
Whispering your name
What a caress

Alienation

Estranged alone
Instead of being
Apart of two

Displacement

Being there
But being not
Just a thought

Fencing

Fencing with a thought
One step back two steps further
Going round and round

Flight

If I let you go
Or you will be coming back
Only hearts can tell

Dreams

Dreaming of love
One becomes a dream
Within many

Touch

Under man’s touch
Life turns into gold
With time in dust

Spin

A soul departed
Other came into being
The wheel of fortune

Clownery

A versed clown
Does what knows best
Distraction

Sprung

A small snowball
Knead between two souls
Melts others’ hearts