Once you pick your fate,
Consequences remain yours,
Choose your path carefully.
Where did the time go?
When I look in the mirror,
I see an old man.
A child's laughter,
Brings out smiles in adults,
When nothing else will.
You're uniquely you,
Always be true to yourself.
Stand tall and stand proud.
Do you remember,
When's the last time I told you,
How much I love you?
In the dance of life,
Turn up the music's volume,
Sing your life's story.
I have lots to say,
Yet, I am very careful,
Who I share it with.
Happiest people,
Have the saddest tale to tell,
Hurting to be heard.
The hollowing wind,
Speaks like awaken spirits,
Sending messages.
Its when someone lost,
Their glitter and still sparkle,
You love them the most.
Trip of a lifetime,
The destination unknown,
Your journey awaits.
Unbeknownst to us,
From birth, the timer is on,
Make your time count.
I am left alone,
But I am far from lonely,
I am lost in me.
Brothers and sisters.Grandparents, aunts and uncles,
Not just, Mom and Dad.
Smile with your voice,
As it will set the day's tone,
How others behave.
Time grew us apart,
But they said, I changed a lot,
Yet, a lot changed me.
Music helps quiet,
Unwanted noise and chaos,
Drowning my mind's thoughts.
Immediately,
She supported and loved me,
Through her final hour.
Lost in my own world,
I chase new habits and goals,
Ridding my old ways.
Only my pillow,
Knows how many emotions,
I hide from the world.
Learn from yesterday,
Every day is a fresh start,
Towards a better you.
When was the last time,
You just stopped by the mirror,
Counting tears of joy?
Fill your life's journey,
With a bounty of people,
Knowledge and memories.
Happiest greetings,
Awaited me for all her days,
Until my final good-bye.
Life lacks a rewind,
Or a fast forward button,
Slow down and enjoy.
When my life happened,
Seems like it was yesterday,
It just hurried by.
Be true to yourself,
In no matter what you do,
Carry your pride high.
With time, this will pass,
Just walk through the thunderstorms,
A rainbow awaits.
Staring out nowhere,
Like a child's attention,
All lost in my dreams.
Laughter amongst friends,
Needs no excuse or reason,
For a soul tickling.
ABOUT ME, THE BLOGGER
Robert W Kovacs is a graduate with an Associate of Arts in Elementary Education from Broward (Community) College and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Public Administration and a Master of Science in Parks and Recreation Administration from Florida International University.
He recently retired after just over 40 years of service and his final position was the Payroll Administrator. He continues to astonish himself as mathematics just didn’t add up to anything exciting in his grade point average throughout both high school and college years. As long as he can remember his writing has always been a part of defining him.
The blog shares the form, syllable count and format of a traditional haiku but with a twist of themes being on life's observations and lessons learned as opposed to traditional haiku being based on a nature theme.
The author uses quick whips of daily events, humor and "a-ha" moments to capture his haiku.
Like his YMEJOURNEY blog, his writing brings you into his world as it offers him a catharsis, meandering through experiences of significant episodes of reflections of this ride on earth, that we call life.
Robert prides himself being an even-keel, grounded, educated and professional who appreciates simple pleasures in a complicated world. He enjoys more things than he doesn’t and welcomes being introduced to new adventures. In his spare time he enjoys traveling on vacations to see more of this world, a diverse genre of movies and TV, reading mostly biographies and fiction, listening to almost all genres of 80s music, board games/Wii, beach/pool, bicycling, parks, cooking and eating, relaxing and thought provoking conversations with quality time with genuine people. Presently, his primary coordinates are approximately 26.0523° N, 80.1439° W, on Spaceship Earth.
WHY HAIKU?
2024 Daily Challenge - Haiku!
I belong to a writing club and our facilitator (friend) gave us a challenge to take on 01.01.24.
I was challenged by this friend to use one style of writing and post every day a learned lesson of life or a positive affirmation every day of 2024. The writing style must remain the same for the duration of the challenge. All free form writing that is anything but narratives (poems, limericks, sonnets, etc) less than 1000 words must post daily while narratives exceeding 2500 words once a week. Anything in between at least 3 times a week. You must keep all grammatical, syntax, rhyming and syllable counts but can vary on themes and content.
I wimped out on the second part of the challenge as I picked Haiku as my writing style as it was simple.
A haiku is a Japanese poem of three lines consisting of 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively. Typically, covering images of nature but I’ll take my spin on it for this challenge.
I like to write about my life’s observations, lessons learned and self affirmations as I try to find my way through a complicated world.
Eventually, they’ll make it to my blog but for now here’s my attempt at a haiku a day for 365 days enjoy my Nuts, Bolts and Everything Else.
Enjoy!
AUTHOR'S DISCLOSURE
An artist's purpose is to evoke emotion and/or dialogue of the masterpiece created, without either, it's no longer art, let alone a masterpiece.
This blog represents the author's original writing and makes no apology for posts resulting in experiencing a sense of discomfort when reading his own personal reflections, thoughts, affirmations, observations and opinions of his journey in finding his way through a complicated world, of his so called life. The author requests readers remain mindful of dates when a post was written. Many of the earlier posts were academic assignments with guidelines to uphold the integrity and standards of a specific writing style. One or a combination of formatting, rhyming schemes, syllable counts, themes and specific guidelines which were up to self-interpretation and self-discovery.
This set the tone for the author's tone and unique writing style. He requests readers remain open-minded to viewpoints differing from their own. The author strongly believes "we can disagree and still remain friends" and welcomes respectful dialogue and questioning of his writings. However; hateful disagreement our outright dismissal or suggesting the author's writings are inherently wrong will not be tolerated and may not be conducive to constructive conversation.
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
Photographs for YMeJourney are generally used from the blogger's personal photograph collection, downloaded from Unsplash.com or maybe created via AI tools.
Blogger's personal photograph collection are photos taken from author or photographs provided to him by family and/or friends.
Photographs taken from the Unsplash.com website state, the following in their terms of use: Unsplash grants irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide copyright license to download, copy, modify, distribute, perform, and use images from Unsplash for free, including for commercial purposes, without permission from or attributing the photographer or Unsplash.
The remainder of photographs or animated renderings are created by various AI apps and/or websites freely availalble on the internet with images created by them are free to use.
