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1252

January 6, 2021 by Monk Mattō

Love, I comprehend.

Hate?

Cannot comprehend.

Posted in: Haiku Tagged: division, love, politics, reflection

1247

December 19, 2020 by Monk Mattō

Squirrels crunch the last acorns
My loves sleep while the day wakes
Cherished silence and fragility.

Posted in: Haiku Tagged: animals, life, love, modern-life, morning, seasons, sounds

1213

July 2, 2019 by Monk Mattō

I’m not afraid of the dark

If I gotta walk in the dark

Then I will dance in the dark–

Won’t see me fighting for the light

I will dance in the dark…

Don’t need candles for the dark

If I’m going to be in the dark

The hands I hold in the dark–

They’re the same as in the light

I’ll hold them tight in the dark.

Posted in: Long Form Tagged: light, love, lyrics

1185

June 16, 2019 by Monk Mattō

Violet on the shady riverbank

Lily in the water

Love.

Posted in: Haiku Tagged: love, polyamory, water, women

1173

June 7, 2019 by Monk Mattō

In the middle of the night

I go walking out of sleep.

From the mountains of pain

Through the valley of loss

Through the jungle of Chance

Through the desert of hope

Toward a river so deep.

I know I’ve been looking for something

Something to complete my soul.

(Do you know this song? It’s by Billy Joel!?)

Something I never had

Something I can’t get alone.

Something I can’t define

But can attempt to describe.

It can only be held

With a hand lacking grasp

In a hand outside myself

With a heart beside my own.

And now I wade in the river

On my way to the ocean.

My hands are still warm

Remembering those I held.

They had a mountain of pain

And a valley of loss.

They had a jungle of chance

And desert of hope.

I remember them all

As the river gets deeper

As the ocean comes nearer

As I smile at the moon

With her guiding light

In the middle of the night.

Posted in: Long Form Tagged: connection, love, lyrics, metaphor, moon, water
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