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Not At All The Same!!
I'm not afraid of death. But cancer is not the same as Viet Nam. I didn't need to fear what I couldn't control, but cancer stares me in the face every day, ALL day. And IT'S controlling ME !! !! !!
1) TANKA
3-legged horses
tethered to freezing breath-clouds;
a frozen, still morn.
February Hoosier morns
trade your breath away for dreams!
2a) HAIKU
God's a Mystery
in His wonder and His way;
but always for good.
2b) HAIKU
We are all dying.
Is there an alternative?
(None that I know of!)
2c) HAIKU
[to Rh.]
So much Love's in flow'rs!
Sometimes it's ALL we should do;
this flow'e is my vow.
2d) TANKA
Wake in the morning,
and inhale another line
off of Life's mirror.
"Time Is A River", he sings,
as against the Tides he swims.
2e) TANKA
I gulp the Red one
(it keeps me safe from myself).
{{alternate reading and better meaning}}
(it keeps my self in my self).
There are "ready ways" to go,
easier than mine, but slow!
2f) HAIKU
Guided Imagery,
and unguided Mystery:
A LIFE OF PRAYER.
