A Haiku Journal Trilogy: Gap in the Promenade Wall

A week before my 80^th birthday I took a walk along the Helensburgh promenade – a walk I often do. There is a gap in the sea wall where stone steps lead down to the shore. I would tell myself, ‘One day I will jump across that gap, just for a dare.’ At other times I would tell myself, ‘Better do it soon, before it’s too late, before the spring in the knees, the balance, the confidence to do it are gone.’

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Before the Leap

hard, bone-breaking fall;
what if? But life without risk
Is no life at all

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The Leap

one heartleaping beat:
glimpsed galaxies extend
ablaze with meaning

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After the Leap

blood sings loud praise to
healing madness unshackled.
what will find me next?