Haiku – The Elephant's Trunk

Written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt (“hope for”)
and Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge (“impatience).
Here is my Dectina Refrain followed by a Haiku.

Fret,
Worry,
Useless fears
Swirl in our brains
Dance of impatience
When all we should hope for
Is a peaceful mind and heart
Every day is its own journey
Our destination is preordained
Fret, worry, useless fears swirl in our brains

The journey is short
No time for useless worry
Be still, let in calm

Dectina Refrain:
This refrain is written as follows:
1^st line – 1 syllable, 2^nd line – 2 syllables
3^rd line – 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines;
the 10^th line is comprised of the first four lines
as one stand-alone line.

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Hope for

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Impatience

This is the extraordinary “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel

Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #231 –
“Come Softly To Me”. Here is my piece,
a Dectina Refrain followed by a haiku.

Do
You hear
Me tapping
On your window
Come softly darling
Sit right here beside me
Kiss my trembling fingertips
Take me in your arms and hold me
Tell me you will never let me go
Do you hear me tapping on your window

A petal soft kiss
Fluttering cherry blossoms
Love’s gentle breezes

The Dectina Refrain is written as follows:
1^st line is 1 syllable,
2^nd line is 2 syllables,
3^rd line is 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines;
the 10^th line is comprised of the first four lines
and written as one stand-alone line.

Thursday Inspiration #231 Come Softly to Me

This is “Come Softly To Me” by the Fleetwoods

Category: Haiku

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