Written for dVerse Haibun Monday: Give Me Shelter, 8/26/22.
Competitive Cooperation
Soldiers, farmers, and lovers all seek the same shelter. Protection from nature’s miseries is ubiquitously sought and taken. Adapt or die. Respect not given wisely results in lessons learned only for brief periods.
Her glorious beauty shows in the warm sunrise that follows the night’s frightful, unsheltered story. The singing bird allows for the climax of thunder as from lightening, all seek cover. Even snakes warm in the sun.
Rain or dry seasons, Nature judges the foolish lover, the seeker of warmth without cover, harshly. Live and learn; learn and live.
respect nature first
awesome beauty is the beast
take cover or die
Look both ways when seeking escape or shelter.
Better to mind the gaps and wait for the storm to pass
than to win the latest Darwin Award.
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Great haibun. A good word to the wise.
Dwight
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Thank you.
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You are welcome!
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Valuable advice in poetic form.
The song, “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” popped into my head when I finished reading this.
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Thank you, Merril.
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I love your take on life’s checks and balances. Nature does control most, if not all, of what we do. Some would argue their ‘God’ is the absolute power but that js a different kind of fear and a little short-sighted. ☺️
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Thanks Christine. Your comment brought to mind the book, “Into Thin Air” — when/where no shelter was enough.
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Thought-provoking. I like what you’ve laid out here regarding shelter, the element of discernment. Even when running for cover, we must evaluate.
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Thanks for saying so, Mish.
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I love these categories of people that you suggested to us, Bill ~ these words drew me in immediately!
❤
David
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Thank you, David. 🙂
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Wonderful haibun, Bill. Taking shelter means so many things, doesn’t it? And, obviously, taking shelter from the elements must be heeded. No one wants to make the Darwin list!
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Thanks, Dale. Indeed, there are many forms of shelter, which is why it was a good theme.
I did not use the song that came to mind (Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones) because the lyrics are too dark. But I wanted to. 🙂
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And ya done good 🙂
And the song did pop into my head, of course. Surprised you didn’t 🙂
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I was influenced by it and by much of what I have read. 🙂 I’ve not seen the movie of the same name.
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I don’t doubt that. And neither have I. So, because of you, I watched the trailer – oy… gonna be a heartbreaker – that I will watch because it is on my Netflix 🙂
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((writes ‘Give me Shelter” on his TBW list. 🙂
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I’m just waiting to see if it’s date night material or if I am goingn to watch it alone 😉
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🙂 I don’t know anything about the movie.
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It’s pretty dark but looks good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjyi_dMhyIs
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That looks very sad and dark.
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It does indeed.
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