Author: Byungafallgren

Nearly or Surely Solved Mystery

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Nearly or Surely Solved the Mystery

While visiting Son, we took the grand boy 
to the park, enjoyed the warm sun, geese on
the pond and took the photos. On our back 
home, we dropped by the store to get some 
soft drink. At home, we ate dinner prepared 
by daughter-in-law. That was a good day,
or so I thought. The grand boy began to get 
sick, then his dad also. We rushed them to
the emergency room. The doc. said they got
a food poison. 

We suspected the drink might have been 
contaminated by the unclean tank. But
why the rest of us who drank the same one
were fine? The food, I thought, might've 
been the culprit. We all ate the same food
she lovingly cooked for us.
Why the only two were sick? 

Jasmine rice, I pondered, the rice with 
the unfamiliar spices. I recalled when 
my son was on a business trip to China
he was very sick after eating food. 

I thought then unfamiliar food could cause
some people to get sick. Now, the jasmine rice
is not so unfamiliar, but the spices she lovingly
added to the rice might be.
Those spices, even to me unfamiliar, were 
from South Asia, the Indigenous ones.
The two might've been allergic to the spices!

All the people are the same in many ways,
but we have different perspectives, tastes, etc.;
one that is good to a person can be a waste to
others, even poisonous. 


Byung A. Fallgren

On Looking Back

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On Looking Back

Yesterdays, 
forest of night
with the long days of rain and sleets
no one wants to visit, not even the
sentimental, old soul.

Don't look back, 
you urge, but the scar-ridden emotion
has no ear but wayward eyes. 
Tiny voice whispers:
In the spirit of hooting owl at dawn, 
do you see the gossamer of glim from
the pile of decaying leaves?

Hear the tiny voice of forgotten love?
Feel the little hands trying to smooth your feet
that went through many paths?

If none,
how 'bout grab one of the wounds
and turn it into a poem;  and 
look back again for more? 


©Byung A. Fallgren

Afternoon by the River

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Afternoon by the River

After shopping,
grab the sandwich,
go to the riverside bench and eat;
eyes on the river pregnent with spring,

so much to do 
in the days to come;
the branch nods to the gibberish robin;
as the sun showers over the trees.

Time to come, time to leave;
why feel as if an invisible hand on my back;
no one but the passing wind, sun and the river.  


©Byung A. Fallgren

The Couple of birds on the Pink bough

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The Couple of Birds on the Pink bough

Within the pink world,
sweet smell and cozy;
he leans to her, yawns, and closes eyes.

She nudges; don't be so lazy, dear,
hawk's eyes are magnet to us.

Ah, he murmurs, have a faith in the blossoms,
while their magic lasts; like the lone house,
stands unscathed in the ruins of the twister.

I'll keep an eye open for you;

flowers and magics are whims of wind;
my love is the root of a tree. 


©Byung A. Fallgren

Pondering on Saving Earth

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Pondering on Saving Earth

Climate change, everyone's concern,
but we wonder what to do; might 
these be halpful:
use natural gas instead of coal;
stop rainforests from vanishing;
walk or use a bike whenever possible, etc.

As to protecting our water source:
use the pesticide as less as possible;
do not throw used water with house cleaning
chemical agent on the lawn;
replace the lawn grass that require a lot of water
with other grass that need less water;
with some research, you can find one that fits
your liking. 

Polar bears, if they are in trouble, 
their ecosystems is in trouble; fewer of
them could lead to an over population
of sears, which threatens the fish population--
our food source. 

Protect other endangered species: tigers, 
saltmarsh sparrows, etc.

Cut down on plastics, if not eliminate it, 
and save millions of marine lives.


This Saturday, April 22 is Earth Day.  Happy Earth Day!
visit EarthDay2023.com to learn more. 

--Byung A.