Mutual Drift [Free Verse]

Lying back on the water,
Peering into a cloud,

I shift like driftwood --
rocking and rising,
rolling and dipping.

As I stare at the cloud,
It seems to stare back.

It drifts - suspiciously -
Or maybe I'm drifting
And it is still --

In truth, we're both drifting,
And neither of us has
The mental energy to be
Suspicious.

The Big Drift [Haiku]

downriver drift;
ferries & fisherman cross
without collision.

Ducks Adrift [Haiku]

a pond in summer:
ducks look like wooden toys,
drifting leisurely.

Placid River [Haiku]

the river’s flow
doesn’t disturb the cloud’s
reflected drift.