Existential Haikus 2024

Photo by author at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah, May 27, 2019.

In still, quiet comfort

My deep desires evade me;

I live life asleep.

The pain of my thirst!

I wake in search of water —

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Farewell to the dream.

Who is this stranger?

Bittersweet transformation —

Water becomes me.

The price of freedom:

Unattached to the outcome,

Searching for water.