A little hole in the tree root
A flawed shelter even for a mouse

But do you see the eager residents
Moving in ever so silently?

Little pebbles?
Yes. And …

Mind of the shameful wizard

 

© Byung A. Fallgren

 

 

 

 

 

We are the deep river appears to be
Slow and placid,
We seldom say ‘I love you,’
For we know we do after
All theses years together.
We may not kiss and hug in public
But for each other we worry and care
More than the skin-deep touch.

How ignorant to say:
‘They are not all the way up there.’

Nearly half a century of marriage
Means nothing to you?
Going through the thick and thin of
Thorny path that long means nothing to you?

No one can go that road for decades
Without love!

We deserve some respect more than
You ever know.

Only the rude and shallow streams
Dare to criticize the deep old river.

Our love for all and us flow
Till we cease and dry.

©Byung A. Fallgren 

only mindless
cloud-like ones
display
favoritism
without moral conscience

© Byung A. Fallgren

Comparing a person
to a sparrow that tries to fly
like a hawk
Comparing a person
to a fish that wants to walk on land

Unlike sparrow and fish,
Person can achieve anything
she or he wants to do
If goal isn’t met,
main culprit is wrong method or
lack of perseverance.

–Byung A. Fallgren

At the end of the summer,
wrinkled, ragged, yet

smirk, spewing the fireballs of
a mad dragon lady, with egoism,

only to plunge into the cool river that
laughs and mutters:

Find your smile wedged in cracks of wisdom.

© Byung A. Fallgren

Sometimes, we get a thorny reaction
for being kind.

Discover the little mystery
behind that frown.

It might be just the stench in the breeze
from the cow-hill.

Be cool, and see the relationship bloom.

© Byung A. Fallgren

Song of the Wordless Afternoon.

Byung A. Fallgren.com

Like blind man’s eyes
the door to the famed store
sees no one, silent, gone with
the hay days.

Every where new ones,
lively, full of hope, bustling
with young and bright faces–
asparagus after rain.

Some change for the sake of
change, in hopes to draw eyes,
to find a promising road to
the dream land.

An old dame steals
a glance at the nostalgist.
We nod, unspoken, yet
agree: we gray-heads are still
in crowd.

 

© Byung A. Fallgren

Treat your mind like you would treat your
VIP (Very Important Person).  –Unknown

We subconsciously
clutter our mind
with unnecessary
thoughts
toxic to our wellbeing

© Byung A. Fallgren

Fresh as budding leaves
Unlike faulty human minds
No clouds are stale
Ephemeral yet
Silent achiever of many
Soothing
Cheering
Inspiring
Appear as a storybook for
An innocent or
A sketch of a
Stoic philosopher
Whisper
Roar then
Vanish or return home
To rise and renew

 

© Byung A. Fallgren