Haibun: The Way Life Is Now

My 17 month old nephew likes to come up and take whatever I have and run off with it. After turning the volume down on the remote, he came and took the remote and started to run off. Going around the corner, he stands there smiling, knowing the routine. I took him and rolled over with him to tickle him and blow on his belly while he giggled with delight.

These days with him will be gone soon enough, they may have already passed like summer, but I am learning to be with them as they unfold. This is why we were meant to feel and be alive.

tender deer and fawn

in life’s early dawn against 

summer fully gone