When shouting and rage,
not birdsong, start your day, you’ll
feel tense ’til you change.
Backstory: This morning I got up early to enjoy the sunrise and the birdsong greeting the day. Suddenly, from another part of the house, I heard a video or news report. The audio was full of commentators shreaking and yelling. I felt myself tense up immediately, and even when the broadcast was shut off, I still felt tense and resentful the rest of the morning.
If I don’t find peace
in Nature, it’s because I’m
not reading the book.
OR
*bring/
peace to others, too.
[Context: We were walking through the woods and fields, doing Nature Observation at Spirit Tree Farms with some folks from out-of-town. As I riffed this haiku, I made these notes:
As we set about finding peace in Nature, it’s always a good time (both to do it, and to be had).
What’s amazing is that, as you share it, others feel it, and thank you for the experience.]
If you do not write/
then how can His messages/
be delivered true?
OR
If I do not write,
then how can His messages,
which He tasked me with sharing,
be delivered by me?
They can’t,
and won’t.
They must be given
to someone else
who will do
as He asks.