Untitled 12

rainy days
chase the clouds away
the open night
the blue-cast day
it falls
on unknowing heads

~ R. Harder

Whither we wander

Whither we wander
and whether we go
we sit and we ponder
particularly slow

on this way or that
a yes or a no
to, a from or an at
a high or a low

and only we move
in words that we speak
with nothing to prove
to make us unique

and whither we wander
our tongue in out cheek
create nothing of wonder
are nothing but meek

and so we deny
the things that could be
the things you and I
could simply reach out and see

~ R. Harder

Warm

green as the grass
blue as the sky
blue as forget-me-nots
on my lanai
their little sun-centers
glowing in gold
their little arms waving
daring and bold
blue as the day
as we watch it unfold
blue in the sunshine
and blue in the cold
then darkness falls in
blue as the twilight
green as fireflies
that dance in the night.

~ R. Harder