A knock on the door,
Children pretending to be,
All but just themselves. 
Did I remember,
To thank you for being there,
For my life's journey?
I may not be cash rich,
But my wealth is measured by
My experiences.
What means more to you,
Living a good moral life,
Or of something else?
Media brainwashes.
Question all you hear and see,
It may not be true.
Why focus over there?
Spin your life positively,
Not negatively.
Fear not your shadow,
Embrace it, as its part you,
Walking by your side.
Pay it all forward,
Be extra nice to someone,
In hopes they smile.
I can be ugly,
But I chose to be real,
Beyond just skin deep.
Children's innocence,
Allow them to be blinded,
By ugly labels.
Fists and words flew by,
I did not mean to hurt you,
I am so sorry.
Recalculating,
My life, my route, my choices,
I will still exist.
I always stand right,
Even when just off center,
When no one is left.
Yesterday is gone,
Worry to enjoy today,
Not just tomorrows.
Colors, black and white,
Speak louder than the bright ones,
Sitting next to them.
Take the side dirt road,
More interesting things to see,
At a slower pace.
As white as can be,
Only to melt upon touch
Of the human hand.
I love to travel,
Friends who have the means don't go,
Those who don't, dream it.
There is a fine line,
Between perceived reality
And the real truth.
Let it simmer down,
So the flavors can marry,
Better the next day.
Cookie crumbs are left,
As a sign of my presence,
That I did stop by.
Your not always right,
Its okay to disagree,
As I won't be left.
Always remain friends,
Find resolve and leave in peace,
Don't ever leave mad.
In all that you do,
Always find balance in life,
To keep from listing.
Today's kids don't know,
How convenient life is,
With a simple, click.
Clearing my e-mail,
The faster I finish it,
More items pop up.
When I type a text,
My fat fingers can't spell words,
Showing jumbled words.
Forgot my password.
The gatekeeper mocks my name,
With blinking cursors.
My biggest problem,
After making decisions,
I ruminate them.
In the laundry bin,
It never fails to happen,
One sock disappears.
Seems like yesterday,
When I was just in high school,
Its been decades.
I know more than you,
I was not born yesterday,
I've seen more than you.
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.
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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.
