(W)Hole-Hearted

Frozen with a goodbye
No one knows that I.....

Day breaks, people come, people go
Sun shines, acid rain pours down
That little kid grows so big
Land readjustment is commenced
Housing rehabilitation bill is passed
Leaves fall thick on the ground
Knee joints hurt with record snow
All things come and go
One remains still frozen

Comes back the spring that never went at all
It dusks, it dawns
Waves roll in, waves roll out
Happen to catch an after-image
Of downcast eyelash

Frozen, still yet again
Sakura front outruns
Birds builds nests on the head
Crows lay off, foxes climb up
Her look-alike stays for some days
Baby birds leave the nest
Absolute silence!

I gushes out tears
After all these years

Kuri, Kipple ; Nov 02 2002