Tag: Courage

Darkening Sky?

On By Al W GalliaIn Evil, Faith, fear, God, Haibun, Haiku, jesus, Nostalgia, Patriotism, Politics, Spirituality, survival, Uncategorized, WarLeave a comment

A dystopian feeling seems to be creeping through America’s freedom-loving, hard-working, family-oriented, and self-responsible citizens: They realize all is not right with our country, sort of like…

sadness…
watching a virgin forest
being clearcut

The graffiti is all over the wall everywhere! And I wonder if it can ever be erased now? Can we still refocus our eyes on the shining star? Rekindle our faith and values? I hope so.

border crossing
a crying girl’s hand squeezed
by a tattooed man

spring sunshine…
smile-less faces drift
along the sidewalk

(And Jesus said,) “…do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body…”

Matthew 10:28

Blessings and peace, my friends.

Haiku: Picking Up the Gauntlet

On By Al W GalliaIn Aging, Faith, Haibun, Haiku, Handicap, Illness, Senryu, Uncategorized2 Comments

In the physical therapist’s waiting room, an elderly woman leans on her walker, her arthritic hands unable to grasp it securely. 

hot afternoon…
old woman pushes her walker
humming a gospel hymn
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Yet her eyes sparkle with life as she smiles and greets others in the room. In her eyes I sense no despair, but only acceptance of her suffering and the ‘joie de vivre’ her Christian faith gives her. When called, still smiling as a saint, she pushes her way through the door. My prayers follow her.

leaning on his cane
he looks up the rocky trail…
the evergreens beckon
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