One Fine Day

One fine day, he awakened, as he had every day of his young life so far.

He realized he had failed at something big in his life.

He thought about what he was doing.

He knew he had to

Get control of

His life.

Thus began a story that has been unfolding for more than sixty years.

Like drawing a picture, actions describe life.

The picture always different

Due to circumstances

But getting better

Each time.

The Final Report (Haiku)

In cemeteries
Two dates upon a tombstone
The final report

A life is defined
Without the accomplishments
By two simple dates

Growing Pains (Haiku)

Watching them grow up
On the refrigerator
As the years went by

Now (Haiku)

What's happening now
It's the most important thing
Later it won't be

Success (Haiku)

Success breeds success
From the little come the big
Accomplish something

There's a difference
Between a pile of loose bricks
And a finished wall

Insignificant
Not if according to plan
One brick in the wall

You need not be told
That difference is a plan
Started as a dream

Deeds (Haiku)

Dreams are like the seeds
Visions are just like the rain
Goals become the sprouts

Tasks, the mature plants
Accomplishment is the fruit
The crop defines life

The Faded Memory (Haiku)

There's no yesterday
Only twenty minutes, now,
There's no tomorrow