Cynthia Buhain-baello Poems

Awe (tanka)


Watched the sea waves dance
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Sometimes I am truly amazed at these
Togetherness that is found among the trees
Where one tree or two could have died
Were it not held by another on its side.
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Religion complicates
Diverts devotion
Truth it negates
To create confusion.
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To see what matters most in Life
I weighed the things inside my heart
What many treasures may impart
Importance there, to shed some light.
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A toy car for his birthday -
That fancy gift with battery,
And at age four, I must say
He had his mother's curiosity.
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Peace is a tiny grain
Lost in the sands of a thousand shores
A minuscule drop of rain,
The untouched ray of sun that restores.
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Peace when silenced
By Hate,
Is snatched.
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Form, you are the wine glass of words
Holding verses with defined cords
Fluid thoughts flow like good wine
Soothe senses other than mine
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Bamboo tree, you are resilient
With the wind, so truly patient
Bending back with every blow
Swaying freely, strength to show
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When I read your poems
I get a glimpse of a page
Of you as a book that comes
To being from mere wordage.
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