some random tanka...

my friend's music notes
in her hands, opened my heart
and I sang out my tears.
rain came down yesterday
scenting the desert air
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yesterday I sang.
today, sunrise and coffee
talking with a friend.
rose mountains and purple wisps
colder air as the clouds lift
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a slow unfoldment
I have had to learn patience
to slow down my mind
not to hurry up the sun
to wait and appreciate
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fireweed in burned woods
peeks through the charred, frosty earth
to make meadows here
while the trees regenerate
this weed will comfort us now