Haibun: Unnoticed

Every day in the desert, so much is happening at an unseen level, out of sight from both us and the unrelenting sun. Picking up a branch and underneath can be a bunch of little insects doing their thing.

I know I can go through life not knowing most of the good going on around me. I put my AirPods in and off I go, going into my own world and not looking for the good around me. It doesn’t mean it isn’t happening, it just means I didn’t notice it.

Here we are at Christmas, a time of giving and family and getting together. So much good happens and I don’t think I register it all, I just know I’m happy. 

morning rains like smoke

wraps ridge under yoke, now gone,

this wet winter poke