Haikus by Agne Jomantaite, written to me from November 2023-February 2024
Nov 24 2023
Forest:
Leaves fall, skies darken
Ghosts everywhere. Don’t be scared,
Little girl; got you.
Nov 26 2023
If only peace was
possible right now please bring it
Desert or no, beg
Nov 27 2023
Don’t trust this perfect
World. Explain you the difference
Prove me otherwise
Nov 28 2023
Pain and mindfulness.
There is no control. Just this.
Make space for silence.
Nov 30 2023
Shine the light In land
of milk and honey Contains
It All Nirvana
Dec 8 2023
I want your fire
Have been waiting forever
Bring it. Already.
Dec 11 2023
Ocean:
My judgment, senses
Are lost when you are around
Please be kind; no harm.
Dec 11 2023
An endless expanse
That ends and begins with us
With it we are one
Dec 12 2023
Tea:
Chestnut warmth lifted
The embrace of the morning
On my tongue your breath
Dec 13 2023
Feathers, like butter-
flies, flutter. Please handle with
Care, or don’t. Your choice.
Dec 14 2023
Hope:
A lantern’s light jumps
In the dreary night beckons
Me to breaths and sighs
Dec 15 2023
Tumbling torrents daze
Confusion reigns, pause, deep breath
All in my mind’s eye
Dec 18 2023
I’m not asking for
Diamonds or gold, I’m just run
-Ing out of bullets
Dec 19 2023
I went to the store
Also got some mango juice
For the grim, grey sky
Dec 21 2023
Independence asked
Overdependence offered
Interdependence
Dec 25 2023
I took communion
Yesterday and it felt like
Now holy again
Dec 26 2023
Constellations over-
Run with war. The moonlight means
Nothing. We spend ourselves.
Dec 29 2023
Wanting to forget
About somebody you love
In/with sincerely
Jan 5 2024
Gates:
Swinging back and forth
Memories of your smile
Fill me with longing.
Jan 9 2024
In the mind’s eye or
Buried deep in the psyche?
Jump over? Plow through?
Jan 11 2024
The breeze carries sight
Above and beyond and back
Down below is calm
Jan 19 2024
Over the rainbow
Mountains of grief and sorrow
Now rescue me please
Jan 23 2024
Break my heart, break my
Phone but not my soul, my spirit
And I will survive
Jan 28 2024
Now tell me the truth.
Is life happy or saddened?
Cards fall where they may.
Feb 3 2024
Every foot I step
Guides me to come back home now
I do not listen
Feb 8 2024
What it’s that we did
To deserve this uncertain
Life goes on as none
Feb 16 2024
The hypocrisy
Why did you die so young now?
Principals, courage