The past is like a box I keep Its ribbon worn and frayed Within, lie memories I saved Though some, faded and strayed At times, I lift the lid to see

First light, first sign that tomor… That we’ll savor the passing of an… To see and touch all those that we… And smell the many blossoms along… Incipient daylight, omen of the fu…

Mornings I wake up fresh as an ei… Then I try to move and realize th… For all my joints hurt and I shiv… Craving a cup of java steaming hot… I’m old and the cells in my body t…

As she turned and saw him staring… A blush quickly appeared across he… Her heart started to beat so much… Deep breaths as if she’s been in a… Embarrassed he averted his eyes ab…

center Late one autumn they met Serendipitously And ever since, He deemed himself lucky

A Halloween Tale... Back from a late night hopping bar… Where, with friends, he had few to… The last few months, his life’s be… Alone in a room, where he rather n…

His face was ashen, Frozen by the sight he’d seen— Taunting grinning clown Heart pounding, he turned to flee, Feeling gutless misery

When stars hide, the night’s all b… But with eyes closed, we can dream Perchance slay creatures of the da… Thence await the morning sunbeam! When our world is seemingly cruel

The heavens bluer than blue The ocean a shade deeper The sun rose as if on cue To make the world much brighter The sun climbed higher than high

Atop a hill he stood, in the magic… The sun shining sideways, colorizi… Rainbow hues have exploded in brea… And the rolling golden fields of g… Turned deep ochre; burnt orange, t…

Faraway long, long ago Lived an old, grizzled wizard With long beard as white as snow But the eyes of a lizard He walks with a long-gnarled staff

A straw in the wind; imminent mena… Stillness uneasy silent eerie calm Thick vapor-laden air nebulous haz… In a flash the sullen skies broke… Cloudburst sudden avalanche blindi…

Soon as we woke up, in our balcony Fuji-san majestic in her beauty White-capped; shining in the soft… A timeless wonder crowned with pea… The pink-yellow tinge of the mount…

Dusk casts a spell on fields of gr… And the serene sea of metallic blu… The cloudless sky turns deep purpl… Just like the color of an old brui… The world fades to black as night…

Don’t force what isn’t meant to st… For bonds too tight, will rip in t… Let friendships form their own swe… What’s forced is never pure nor tr… Love, too, when pressed, will fade…