Relics

I'm walking through the wreckage

Of my former self

Finding relics

Amongst the rubble

Of me before I fell

Statues that tell stories 

Of who I was

Underneath

What once was buried treasure, 

Is now brought back to me.

C. LJ 2019

Uniform

I used to sparkle 

There's magic in our eyes

I was told to sit down

Pressed into silent uniform

After a while I stopped fighting

Crumpled, I crawled out

And like a cat

Licked my wounds

And the dirt off

Bit by bit

And there it was.

C. LJ 2019

Be

I walked with butterflies 

Over damp grass

Grateful of change and 

Restoration 

And a moment to

Pause

In the breeze

Watching wings and petals

Be. 

C. LJ 2019

Daisy Haiku

The petals of the

Delicate Daisy are still

Made with precision 

C. LJ  2019

Mind Haiku

The same mind that makes

A maze to hold Minotaurs

Creates monsters too 

C. LJ Ireton 2019

Sunflower Haiku

Unmissable bloom

The sun inside a flower

The sky in a room

C. LJ Ireton 2019