(2013)
This was a haiku I wrote near the beginning of Fall on a day I was feeling a bit under the weather.
愛の歌 空に隠れた それなのに この忘れない 音、まだ響く
No words escape me The sun will rise tomorrow Or so I am told
To grasp at the root This longing for the seasons Hidden deep, deep down To say it’s just “Natural,” Would only scratch the leaf-tops
I pray for the day When my mind is clear Silence, sweet silence Schemes and impulses forgone To live without a shadow
A natural fog Too tired to remember Dowsing memories Broken alarm clock weeping Woe be to his faint tick, tock
The end of the road A distance we all travel Darkness as moonlight Spreads over stone and flowers That litter our path ahead
Flickering between The realms of light and shadow Why not close the shades? Sleep’s alluring charm welcomes Despite such early hours!
A sudden waking From formless blinking through dre… Please, just one more year! Surprised to glance the moon’s fac… An hour before her phase
A stone for a head A dauntingly fragile nose Sudden convulsions To lay my head down in peace My vestigial heart begs
To hide in plain sight Something we all yearn for, but Our differences Do not belong in the mud For mud cannot be polished
Such an empty sky Countless pensive glances are Over and over Swallowed swift, before their time If only I could keep them
Archaic toiling Through endless character streams To drown deeper still Beneath black and white waters Until I breathe symbolly
Life’s obligations A daunting sea of turmoil With crest after crest I’ll hide in this briny shell Till the tide forgets my name
Twelve in numbered spin Once reaching double digits Feel the crisp brisk sweeps Sudden gentle remainders Subtle breath of orange array
To puddle one’s words Few are willing to admit Myself least of all To fall and land upon earth Closer to Earth than before?
