Autumn leaves curl up,
Shrink, shy away, flutter down
To a red carpet,
Scrape past on a dying breeze-
Golden tribute to green days
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Tears in Japan
Tears fall silently
In earnest desperation
Cherry blossoms bloom
On soft aizome squares- held
By ikemeso danshi
Good Mornings
This morning I woke
To a regular heartbeat
For the first time in
A long time, for the last time
This long year – 2015.
Weekends
The long week winds down.
Time slows, compulsively so
Silence settles in
Dull lethargy mistaking
Languor for quiet labour.
Hello
“Hello,” she replied,
Smiled, then asked me, unprompted,
“How’s your family?”
“All good!” I replied to her-
The stranger I meet daily.
