Three in the morning
The cat is grooming herself
My only company
Husband wide awake
…
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Three in the morning
The cat is grooming herself
My only company
Husband wide awake
…
The universe inhales softly
They look at you with wonder
You’re gently blessed with what they will
…
I’ll take my fill from here, from the inside
I’ll take everything you consume away from you
Leaving you to starve
With a belly full of me
…
Morning glow alights
softly onto the onsen
delicate, alone
In the aftermath of the battle,
peace is woven with loose threads between embraces and kind words…
Crows feet crinkling
I look younger without them
Lies of youth, a waste
This place isn’t mine
To carve my odd shape into
…
You feel to me like one who would not forget
Not forget me, not forget the little store up north
Not forget what I sent you
I forgot that for years
…
I crossed the world to find
that fear can permeate this place too
I flew halfway around the planet
but would you believe me if I told you
I’m still nowhere to be found
October 29, 2025 (東京)
May you write
And write
And write
Until you fill pages first
Then books
Leaf after leaf, spun between fingertips
So many that one could take months or years to read them
May your heart’s desire accept them all
October 25, 2025