1

One crisp Spring morning

Symbol of her love laying

In the form of eggs.

2

Pausing on the bridge

Looking down: should I go on?

Practicing rhythm.

3

Alone on a train

Reading the ad above me

“Go find your beauty.”

4

Autumn is here

Echoing Pygmalion

I hug my pillow.

5

Solitude, they say

The natural state of man

Willfully silent.

6

Her head in my lap

Playing with her silky hair

Roused by the alarm.

7

Heat of Gehenna

Burning up within my chest

Body an oven.

8

Zazen on my mind

Becoming sleepy in class

Dreaming already.

9

Endlessly deep pools

Jumping in I swim far down

Weight of the water

10

Deep in that water

Pierced by an icy chill

Sunbeams still reach me.