Carl Setzer

Individuality

Upon life’s edges
Evading mundanity.
Lovely uniqueness

On a zendo floor
Awoken by gentle chime
Tranquility hums

This is puzzling:
Why it is humanity
That’s most inhuman?

Shining from the sky
Heat forced upon my poor skin
Gentler climes are loved.

Fangs dripping venom
Savage bites wound deeply
Caustic moving air

Thunder’s false calling
Empty promise of rainfall
Deception’s sad rage

Thunder ripples down
Drifting upon summer air
Dark clouds move eastward

The eternal stare
Eye burning deeply within
History’s judgement

Warm summer winds blow
Memories of life carefree
Spring’s blossoms vanished

Moments flickering
Ever so briefly shining
Glimpse living sunlight