A Bear Hug

I write this as I watch my better half hang out the laundry. 

All of us are busy. We are so busy that we often ignore the needs of those closest to us. It’s also easy to take them for granted because we see them often enough. 

Hence, we feel annoyed when those closest to us refuse to adhere to their everyday commitments, such as the laundry, cooking, cleaning, or simply walking the dogs. 

They, however, feel the same exhaustion as you, and, like you, need occasional breaks from their commitments. Otherwise, a bear hug

would certainly serve as a suitable stand in. 

So the next time we grumble that our family members or friends don’t seem to respond to your needs in the way you’d like them to,

perhaps they need a bear hug like you. 

Enjoy these Senryus. 

 A gentle bear hug

Wraps the discomfited heart

Needed warmth and love

A gentle bear hug

Grows the little sapling in

The mind’s fertile soil

A gentle bear hug

Joins one bear to another

Now firmly bonded

A gentle bear hug

Lifts another tired bear

On sound wings of love.