A tanka for Neil Armstrong - of Ohio & the world

that young man
from Ohio
his one small step
was a giant leap
forward

before & after

when we where not here
a whole world went about
its business
when we leave here
it will as well

Weight of Water

Weight of water

wears down the tallest mountain

to smooth stones

later to be pitched carelessly

by children

when the world's was young

a wren's song

chatters and bubbles over

at the break of dawn

that summer

when the world was young