long road

if I can be

half of what

you want me to be

then I won’t be me

the one you see

.

but

.

if I can free

that half of me

the one you see

then half of you

will be free

.

long road..

.

.

.

left right

I

see you

as the left

of my right

and all

.

I

see you

on the left

on the right

so tall

.

I

see you

right the left

keep the right

my all..

.

.

.

blessings

naked blessings

unconditional giving

affections tinkling

our garden is fruiting..

.

.

.

resolution

I rested my resolution

on the contours of your lap

and floated my future

down the rivers of your heart..

.

.

.

let it be it

if the world  ends now

i would say fine,  let it

if that is what  it takes

to start a  life with you

.

to start a  life with you

if  that is what  it takes

i would say fine,   be  it

if the world  ends now..

.

.

.

dreams take flight

just as I might

when gloom dispels light

with you in sight

I let my

dreams take flight

.

I let my

dreams take flight

to overcome blight

I let my

dreams take flight

to focus right

.

and into the night

I sat on my plight

oh what a delight!

when

dreams take flight

.

.

.

snowflake

still

we stay cuddled

in our own little corner

watching the snowflake

whitening and brightening

everything beyond

our window sill

.

still

we stay cuddled

in our own little corner

watching the snowflake

livening and chilling

everything beyond

our window sill

.

and we know

that all the fun is here

in our own little corner

watching the snowflake

fluffing down

as we warm by the chimney

still…

.

.

.

fat dream

chasing      a     fat     dream

patching    a    torn     seam

is  love   a   racing   stream

are   we   a   winning   team

.

hung   from  a   roof   beam

placid  like  shaving cream

when water turns to steam

my eyes  no  longer  gleam

.

.

.

a lifetime

perhaps you should know

that I love you more than

a lifetime

of seeing each other

of coping with each other

and learning from each other

.

it really took me a lifetime to find you

and somehow

I just know that

it will take me a lifetime

to get over you

.

.

if you go..

.

.

.

spiral stair

with   each   climb

with   each   spiral

the    stair  widens

.

.

the lightness now

awes     our     feet..

.

.

.

one big bloom

a  year ago

a butterfly came

into my garden

.

it scampered

nestle

tend

.

today

my garden is

one big bloom..

.

.

.

eye drop

my lenses

now mirrors your cleanse

.

my vision

now sparkles and dances

.

my scope

now ruffles to your ripple

.

my  hope

now ruffles to your ripple

.

my sight

now ruffles to your ripple

.

.

.

eye drop..

.

.

.

that call

love    my    eyes

it made that call

love   my  hands

it made that call

love   my   heart

it made that call

love   my   mind

it made that call

love    my    guts

it made that call

love    love    me

I  made that call

.

thats the verdict.

.

.

.

origami sakura

my origami sakura

I would love to

fold you up

tuck you into my pocket

and take you where I go

.

my origami sakura

I would love to

unfold you then

to stay in my uchi

to eat from my jubako

to dream on my futon

.

my origami sakura

I would love to

shade you from fire and rain

not sodden nor scalded

so that you will always remain

crisp and cute

and necessary in my arms

.

and not just another white face

kimono clad

paperfold

that crowds the tokonoma

.

come sit with me at the genkan

my origami sakura

let’s view what’s ahead of us

.

you are one hashi

and me, the other

.

the scenery is so beautiful..

.

.

.

therefore I write

love

is all I want

is all I yearn for

therefore I write! therefore I write! therefore I write!

you

are all I know

are all I yearn for

therefore I write! therefore I write! therefore I write!

.

.

.

feel

I can feel

how you feel

when you are down

.

can you feel

how I feel

when you are down?

.

when you are down

how you feel

I can feel..

.

when you are down

how I feel

can you feel?

.

.

.

gotta

you  gotta  be  healthy

if  you  wanna  be  rich

you gotta  be  covered

to  release  that   heat

.

you  gotta   have   rest

to maintain  your  zest

you  gotta pop  in  pills

to plummet this  mess..

.

.

.

.

relent

I  love you but  then

I don’t  know  when

I   need    to   relent

so you  could bend

.

.

so you  could bend

I   need    to   relent

I don’t  know  when

I  love you but  then..

.

.

.

crampy but safe

where there is heaven

up above us darling

and hell below

where there is the unknown

up above us darling

and suffering below

be in the middle

with me darling

though it feels crampy

be in the middle

with me darling

it is crampy but safe..

.

.

.

two dynasties

me,  of   tang   descent

you,    a    sung    origin

on      the      footbridge

where I  found   myself

our   destiny   pulsates

droplets        of        you

pelted         my       skin

.

as you  streamed pass

your       dew      fertilize

the       entire     yonder

re-enacting   the  spirit

of our abled ancestors

in    awe,   I    whenced

the carps  understood..

.

.

.

fireflies and bamboo

as   moonlight  glows

the     fireflies      tend

to     your      radiance

.

.

as    bamboo    grows

they  somehow  bend

but      never      break..

.

.

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