senryu quartet: Time, stars, and dust

introduction: Never worship anything that's questionable; such as invisible gods, leaders that hate, farcical flags, and empty celebrities. Always question everything that's 'fashionable,' especially the 'sacred.' Skeptics are the bravest sentient beings because they dare ask. Time creates and breaks. Dust forms stars, planets, and lakes in which life awakes. Crawling over life; why agony, fear, and strife? Why feel Death's dull knife? Time breaks and creates. Each star explodes or deflates, forming dust that waits. Racing to my tomb; I am what, and I am whom? Is there only doom?

senryu: Real time

Introduction: Do not dread too much that which you cannot change. We are all in this same hospice, Earth. Be kind to all creatures, including yourself. Enjoy life while you can.

Old age teaches truth.
Birth kidnapped me unprepared.
Death finds me ready.