haiku – Page 4 – Choose Joy: Poems, Prayers and Prose

Heart Prayer

A haiku for the first day of National Poetry month

Streams of water flow
I watch in grateful silence,
praying with my heart.

You burn within me

like a fire that would not die –

purifying love.

Dawn softly appears

I watch in grateful silence

and whisper, “thank you!”

In stillness I sit

like an open, empty cup –

waiting to be filled.

I saw a bouquet

of flowers huddled like friends

sharing a secret.

I saw a bouquet

of flowers huddled like friends

sharing a secret.

The will of rivers

is like a prayer of faith

seeking for answers.

Streams of water flow –

I observe and meditate,

praying with my heart.

Eagles spread their wings

soaring, gliding, way up high –

unfazed by the sun.

The peaks of mountains

are covered by raging fire –

burning trees, crying.