Zendoings Part 3: Haikus For Healing
Welcome to the third instalment of Zendoings, haikus by our client Brendan that chart the ups and downs of healing from traumatic experiences.
Hello again to those who have read my previous edition of poetry and welcome to those who have just discovered my work. My name is Brendan and I have had PTSD since September 2020 when a lot of my childhood trauma emerged after being abused in the workplace. Following part two of Zendoings, I am presenting part three.
A Haiku is a short stanza with three lines. The first and third lines have five syllables, and the second line has seven syllables. It is thought that the rhythm of five syllables is designed to enable you to tune into the mind or brain and seven syllables to enable you to tune into the heart. It also contains what is known as a kireji, or “cutting word”; and a kigo or seasonal reference.
Following on from previous poems in this series, I have titled Zendoings Part 3 – Coming Out Into The Light. I do hope you enjoy.
Zendoings Haikus
Part 3: Coming Out Into The Light
The Inner Stream
For life to be seen
Between the white and the green
My blue must be true
The Real Tweet
Thought is not the food
For the bird on the wing
It sings to give life
Deleting The Chasm
Fingers hitting keys
Black cloud obscures disease
Blown away by thoughts
You Were Not Wrong
One miss from the past
But the pain does not last
Strong currents flow brightly
Seen In Nature
Glimpsed in nature
A watching face remembered
Cast last from the moon
A Non-Consumer
‘I just don’t buy it’
My soul is a citizen
Rooted in nature
