4:43:56
Sometimes, when I wait
for my world to wake, I pen
a poem of love.
4:43:57
Sometimes I pen my
thoughts—what happened yesterday,
what’s coming today.
4:43:58
Sometimes I pen
randomness: thoughts, wonderings,
the questions of real life.
4:43:59
At times they are
philosophical, sounding something
like what follows:
4:45:30
If we are who we
believe we are, then we must
believe in greatness.
4:45:32
The only journey
we really make is the one
that happens within.
4:45:34
We are always
enough for the world we have been
given. This is truth.
These are excerpts from The Book of Uncommon Hours, a book of haiku poetry. For more of Rachel’s poems, visit her Reader Library page, where you can get a few volumes for free.
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