seen from Romania
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Singapore
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Nigeria
seen from United States
seen from Brazil
seen from Australia
seen from Türkiye
seen from South Korea
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from Brazil
seen from Malaysia
seen from France
seen from United States
FLY, OH FLY
The distant sky waits
Doesn’t sleep
Enemies at the gate
Flashes to keep
Halo on the head
Always present
Ancient book read
Messages sent
Rain from cloud
The river flows
Whispers aloud
War slows
Go! Go high
By and by
For it is nigh
Nature, Sky
To the Sky
Fly, Fly, Fly
My oh my
OH! FLY
© J P Lee
10 April 2022
Photo, J. P. Lee
EXILED TO PARADISE
being exiled to paradise
a broken spirit improvised
afflicted by wishful disguise
imprisoned under the dark sky
in multitudes of a thousand eyes
wanton imagination running wild
adult coming home as the child
retrieving the unfulfilled mild
failures, well compromised
wear a mask in paradise
The mask of insanity
demolishes all vanity
increases its security
without any self pity
ready in compliance
with fullest reliance
upon unreliable fate
when it’s far too late
For truth has many faces
none however embraces
any clear call for justice
a liar is unable to notice
he cares not nor bothers
the sufferings of another
lacks interest, doesn’t ask
by sanity, provides the mask
©Johnny J P Lee
12 April 2022
Photos Credit J. P. Lee
AS THE LEAVES RUSTLE
The rustling of leaves
A touch of nature’s softness
As the gentle breeze
Brush-paints a soothing caress
Silently, a refreshing breath of air
Surfs lightly by as flutters of feathers
Daintily walking, elegant lady fair
Rustling leaves and I, cuddle together
O! Whistling leaves, wind in my hair
We gallop the ground beyond the plain
Joy and laughter, showing off our flair
Away from the bustle, free where we lain
Gingerly, carefree in natural wary
Lovingly soft, worries to wrestle
Off heavy shoulders we will carry
Sweet melodies as the leaves rustle
©Johnny J P Lee
11 April 2022
Photos Credit J. P. Lee
I Learn About Love And Life
I learn much about love
and life
Beauty below and above
my life
Sky, water, lands, and Nature,
around my life
People, animals and plants,
in my life
I learn appreciation, gratitude, in the
midst of strife
Tenderness and Joy, to share with all
the glory of life
Love for all, in peace with all, blessings,
that is Life
©Johnny J P Lee
11 April 2022
Photos Credit, pa-ola123
ORIGIN OF MY GREAT MATADOR
I am in Madrid, April 2017… sipping coffee by the sidewalk ... sniffing an aromatic scent ... Hmm ... a conducive place to scribe a romantic letter to my wife ... I whip out my treasured pen ... "Darling, today I dress colorfully... ..." LO and BEHOLD! What's the commotion? Eeeek! A big bull on the loose ... Pandemonium everywhere ... people scramble ... tables tumble ... I am affixed ... Before I can get up to join in the fray, a horn pierces my side ... Ouch! Throwing me off my chair ... onto the floor, gliding ... bleeding ... oh my face ... a deathly punch ... I can barely see ... the pen from my hand slips away, flings high into the air ... but my eyes are on the growling bull right before me ... with steamy smoke, puffing from its nostrils ... the angry bull moves backwards ... digs into the ground ... charges for the kill ... I do the only thing I can ... I pray ... "Save me, O Lord" ... I look up and see my pen falling like a mighty sword from heaven ... piercing the bull on its head, right between the eyes ... spilling black inks, blinding the bull ... displaying a print clearly on its face ... a writing on the wall:
you live by the horn
the amount you thus measure
now weighs upon you
©Johnny Lee
13 April 2022
HAIBUN (Prose + Haiku)
Source: My Album (Photographer Unknown)
When The Lights Went Out
When the lights went out
Without a doubt
It came as a shock
Like being hit by a rock
No holding hands in the park
No romance, no kiss in the dark
No sweet whispers, just incoherent shouts
Wild search for the mobiles whereabouts
Fingers slid, dot dot, and there was light
Overcame the pitch black of the night
All headed for the circuit breaker box
Cats and dogs, howling wolf, and sly fox
The blue switch was down, pushed it up
Tripped down again, repeatedly, fed up
Too many advisers spoiled the hot fire
“Google the nearest electrician on hire!”
“No! Pull out the plugs, switch on again!”
Nothing worked, all lost, nothing gained
Sat, and shone the lights on each other
Brains stormed, haggled, one to another
Someone googled and made the call
Within twenty minutes, help was in the hall
“Repeated on and off, the breaker broke!”
New circuit breaker installed, oh blokes
This really happened, not fun poking
See the pictures, know I’m not joking.
© J P Lee
13 April 2022 (Midnight)
Photos by J. P. Lee
TIME AND AFTER
Yesterday is a memory in history
Tomorrow remains a mystery
Today is a gift, the present
What’s past is past
What’s ahead exists only in the mind
Today is the only reality
The past is a heritage
The present is an inheritance
For a future full of hope
The future is written
The past was just the onset
The present its path
The eldest buried the treasure
The elder is the archeologist
The youngest discovers it
The first planted a dream
The second lives in the dream
The third meets the dream maker
The labors work the fields
The farmers plant and water the seeds
The harvesters collect and store
The word was sent yesterday
It arrives today
It shall not be returned void
©Johnny J P Lee
12 April 2022
Photos Credit J. P. Lee
I Sit And I Reflect The Moments
I sit and I reflect
I pray and I recollect
The moments we spent together
That first time you gave me a flower
At the garden park on our very first date
I was nervous, anxious that you were late
Our first kiss when you gave me a rose
Thousands of love words to compose
Sitting by the candlelight I drifted away
In the spring, the angels came one day
Then all I have are precious times of us
Together, such loving times left to focus
Till I can feel you are still present to me
In the midst of my ever lasting memory
©Johnny J P Lee
11 April 2021
Photos Credit, Sanjogsonsand
