Tanka #4

I'm afraid to find music doesn't please me nowwhat a dilemma because it is scarier to be alone with my thoughts

Winter

Come now,Embrace the windBrave it, you know howShed your leaves, you have beforeHave let me down like your very boughs Let me curl up like brown, crushed leavesLet me lay down my burdens and die too.Promise me a fresh start, when the season's doneWhen bells begin to ring and Spring's dawnalights upon the hallowed groundMy…

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The house of the dead

I packed a bag and went to the house of the dead to waitThere were ailing men and womenand people on their death bedssome were being put to restIt was all naturalin the house of the dead.I was the youngest in the house of the deadEveryone thought it curious, and some saidthere's much to live…

Heard

You have to listen carefully. It's very faint. Amid the barking and howling of the dogs in the neighborhood, it can easily go unheard. Perhaps it's a good thing then, that it happens around midnight. Come to think of it, most cries do. I don't know when it first began but it's been three nights…

Oh Sadness

Oh SadnessI feel your hot wavesHow you come washing overthis heart in my momentsand it drops suddenlya sink so shocking and painfulI hold my breath a secondand wait for your passingOh Sadnesslike a tidal pullonly from beneath the surfaceperhaps a tectonic shiftin the sea of thoughtsof emotions, attachmentsand losses...But, I still love you,Oh Sadnessyou remind…