Is there something dark? Dark, dark, deep down inside me Something that keeps me Away from the center ring A divergent path indeed

Tiny flashing lights Figures entwine together Closer and closer ‘closer than ever’ they say Beside our computer screens

Archaic toiling Through endless character streams To drown deeper still Beneath black and white waters Until I breathe symbolly

Anticipation Generic butterflies swarm Twists, knots, fluttering They find no golden nectar Only number two pencils

Life’s obligations A daunting sea of turmoil With crest after crest I’ll hide in this briny shell Till the tide forgets my name

A midst cold classrooms Seemingly short dialect Audio-connect Slowly frozen hearts will drip As conversations bubble

Such an empty sky Countless pensive glances are Over and over Swallowed swift, before their time If only I could keep them

To hide in plain sight Something we all yearn for, but Our differences Do not belong in the mud For mud cannot be polished

The spotlight glares down Bright, bright, sight, sight My cloak swiftly surrounds White, White, Swish, Swish, The fabric shell billows but stays

My Grandfather’s last dream In a deep sea of white, heavy thun… Until a peaceful respite blinks What will it bring? Will the rain… With their piercing showers, will…

Distractions of youth Parade like bright spring flowers Always on the mind Entangling my weak heart To the land of mud and ice

初めては いつも苦しい 二回には?

Foggy morning sky Your veil remains untouched by The flags of Autumn How cruel of you to kidnap Such keen keepsakes of your kin

My White Cloak Part one: Place Entering day by day (1) Into a place to grow and stay Into the foundational walls of old

Such sweet aroma Breathe in the color deeply Exhale precious wafts Crisp Citric spiral peelings, Fill my compost disposal