Small round white escape
Summons temporary death
Bringing short relief
Waiting for closed eyes
I wonder who the deep black
Will bring me tonight
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Small round white escape
Summons temporary death
Bringing short relief
Waiting for closed eyes
I wonder who the deep black
Will bring me tonight
Eyes and hands reach with
Nowhere to go but forward
Blind to one’s own heart
8:50 pm
On observing the particular journey of one close and dear.
Wishing for long nights
To stay with me forever
I hide in the dark
.
(On the compulsion to hide from the world.)
Seeking clear paths to
free everyone I’ve tangled:
I see only one
Night calls me to bed
The promise of snow lingers
Most unwelcome guest
11:59 pm
Poems elusive,
poems that will never be:
tonight I mourn them
(On expression never served.)
Simmering envy
Seeing others bravery
Fearfully, I live
Morning brought no change;
with burning scents on the wind
routine drives forward
The haunting persists:
I carry on ignoring
its calls for reset
(Follow up to Senryū 2025.03.27)
Another sleep comes soon
hoping morning brings waking
changed or not at all
(Followed by Senryū 2025.03.28 #1, #2)
Friend departs again
Happily, I see more joy
In second crossing