#hiaku
(Original Version)
Sweet taste of blossoms
They catch my tongue as I walk
Chery blossoms sway
Within the small park
Couples with marriage in mind
Scar atop a bridge
The sweet taste fades
That young girl always in mind
A silhouette of fear
Vibrant colors fade
The sun recedes to stars
No one notices
No one notices
The black mark atop the bridge
The silhouette descend
No one cares to look
Sweetest tastes never last long
Chery blossoms sway
No one notices
Another day finds its end
Sweet taste of nothing
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Remastered Version
No Home, Sweet Child Blossom
A Modern Renga by Bellie-Boo (me)
Sweet taste of blossoms—
they brush my tongue as I walk.
Cherry branches sway.
In the small park’s hush,
couples dream of wedding rings;
a scar marks the bridge.
The sweetness dissolves.
That young girl returns in thought—
a shadow of fear.
Colors bleed to dusk.
The sun folds into the stars.
No one turns to see.
No one turns to see—
the black mark upon the bridge,
the shadow descend.
No one stops to look.
Sweetest things never last long.
Cherry branches sway.
No one turns again.
Another day disappears—
taste of nothing sweet.
Jan 9, 2022
Jan 9, 2022 at 8:58 PM UTC
You must know sleep well,
To be good friends with the day,
So rest well little one.
Feb 18, 2025
Feb 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM UTC
Enlightenment is
Bewildered pieces Moving
Broken and Abused
Jun 16, 2021
Jun 16, 2021 at 7:23 PM UTC
every line and curve
a new road to somewhere else
love them all the same
-the only hiaku i’ll ever write
Feb 12, 2019
Feb 12, 2019 at 12:04 PM UTC
Xenia stands for
Guest and stranger, why did we
Separate kindness
Jul 18, 2018
Jul 18, 2018 at 7:32 PM UTC
Rapacious hands give
Covetous demands, cities
Built on genocide
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 3, 2018 at 8:32 PM UTC
You are the bell ring
Baby, you’re stimulating
I’m just Pavlov’s dog
Jun 23, 2018
Jun 23, 2018 at 3:49 PM UTC
keep swimming silly
enjoy the lonely silence
just keep being you
Mar 13, 2017
Mar 13, 2017 at 11:03 PM UTC
I like to hear Frank
Sing Adestes Fideles
But Cal was better
Nov 25, 2016
Nov 25, 2016 at 7:12 PM UTC
it is you it really was
if I had no doubt and pause
my eyes could have linger
a little while longer
Mar 13, 2016
Mar 13, 2016 at 5:09 PM UTC
*I'll swallow my pride
to keep a ***** as a
friend for awhile*
Sep 8, 2014
Sep 8, 2014 at 4:50 PM UTC