Sunday, July 12, 2026

A Room of My Own: Before Jesus Tanka

a bare heart
and a humbled mind
before Jesus --
patch by patch filtered sunlight
slips beyond the chapel door


FYI: This could be read as a prequel to my tanka below:

in the chapel
I pray to Jesus
hour after hour
finally tired of me
Time leaves me alone



Added:

The air in here twice-breathed, the taste of stale water in the waiting room. 

trapped wasp
thumping at the pane 
doctor’s gaze


Added:

Awake after a late muggy afternoon nap.

alone
yet the looping
of this fly


Added:

By the lake of my mind, flower by flower ...

first homecoming
where wild bluebells bloomed
stacked townhouses

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