Olive (haiku)

 -------Olive-------

Ancient trees cut down

The settlers cover 

their tracks

But roots never die.

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Learning to Trust

 -------Learning to Trust-------

A red road 

of pine 

needles

Meanders 

its way through cedar.

Setting sun

Dark night and moonlight

A new day

Afraid 

I once was of dying

Before 

I learned how 

to love.

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Growing

 -------Growing-------

We all grow with Love.

Each to bear 

flowers and fruit.

Seeds awaiting light.

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In Love

 -------In Love-------

Our joy 

and sorrow

Are flowers 

of the same earth.

All have roots 

in Love.

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Hold Me Autumn

 -------Hold Me Autumn-------

Hold me 

Autumn 

in

The light 

of your becoming.

Let us 

both 

turn gold.

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Everywhere There's Laughter

 -------Everywhere There's Laughter-------

Fruit fall 

and forest chatter

The acorns 

and the geese

High above, 

within, below

Everywhere 

there's laughter

The light will gather

and carry on

As it does 

within a seed.

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Joy Haiku

 -------Joy Haiku-------

Memory, 

a leaf

Falling

I run 

to catch it.

The child 

in me smiles.

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