Morning Haiku

 

House quiet, kids sleep

Good food and steaming coffee

A mini-retreat

Hope Floats

 
a photo by sherriuecke on Flickr.

At the Buddhist Temple on Nuuanu.

may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are old
  
may my mind stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
and even if it's sunday may i be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not young
  
and may myself do nothing usefully
and love yourself so more than truly
there's never been quite such a fool who could fail
pulling all the sky over him with one smile

~ e.e. cummings ~
 

(Complete Poems 1904-1962)