#okinawa
nankurunaisa
one word, a clutch
to hope, to wish, to tell
to not worry too
much
everything’s gonna be good
everything’s gonna end well
Oct 14, 2020
Oct 14, 2020 at 6:24 AM UTC
Wondering where the streets
Walk through the night
Lost on a freeway
I hope the journey is right
I think this must be a lane along a sign
Hidden by the starlight and rain
Volleying my car through the road
I can't sleep with being uncertain
The cold moon is lost in translation
That shade of paleness touches me too
As I wander under the stellar sky
Three times, I text you,"I don't know.'
There won't be a fourth one
Since, your heart is printed in my heart
Like today being the backdrop for tomorrow's anticipation
My feet hardly leave your doorstep
My mind turns and turrets
Lost in translation
I wonder what splits the night
Into dreams and nightmares
Is it being lost in translation?
...love is a daydream I sleep on
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020 at 2:01 PM UTC
Okinawa War thoughts
these dark moods
follow me
as I tour Okinawa
where the last battles
of world war 11 were fought
thousands died
in the first
and last outpost
of the American East Asian Empire
Okinawa Beckons me
Okinawa Japan
kept calling to me
in a dream
notifying me
always in the background
where my memories
always waiting for me
Beckons me
everywhere I go
cosmic reflections
of past lives
never seen before
seems lost in time
maybe just the spirits of the dead
everywhere I see ghosts
Okinawa Street Scene
Walking the streets
of Fabled Naha Okinawa
a life time dream
someday I would visit
I am surrounded
by ghosts of the past
and Japanese beauties
all around me
tempting me
with their sweet smiles
Impure thoughts
fill my head
as they smile at me
and I smile at them
No wonder
so many Soldiers
brought back
Japanese wives
Japanese Coffee Barista
watching the Japanese
coffee barista
preparing my snarling cup
of hot boss coffee
fills my heart
with ****** joy
how I wanted to express
what was on my mind
right then
to the Japanese
coffee barista
Ghosts of Okinawa add to Ghosts Poems - post as separate poems
Ghosts of Okinawa
Touring the battlefields
of Okinawa
where so many young men
gave up their life
so many years ago
I see the ghosts
all around me
feel their spirits
floating through the air
Kilroy was here
there and everywhere
whoever that was
and John Dean wannabes
and Elvis wannabes
and so many other wannabes
and I see the ghosts of the fallen heroes
all around me
Signs
everywhere in Asia
you see strange variations
of English
Japlish, Konglish, Singlish
the street signs in Okinawa
are all in Chinese, Japanese, English and Koreans
the bus and train announcements as well
Hard to get lost
even when you want to
but the random encounters
with English words
puts a smile on my face
as I drink my “boss coffee”
wondering who is the “boss”
and why is smoking a pipe?
and many years ago
I saw on a menu
at the old Kimpo Airport
Baked Rick
and in Korean grocery stores
one can find
corn flights
I look forward
to many more years
of linguistic confusion
as I travel about Asia
Dream 1074 Visit to Okinawa Aquarium
Whenever I visit an aquarium,
zoo or wild life park
I am reminded of a prison
the prison is filled with animals
who amuse us for their food
I am sure that the animals
hate us humans
who are watching them
do their animal thing
but looking into their eyes
the eyes of the sea turtles
swimming back and forth
in their prison cell
in the Okinawa aquarium
filled with hatred
for the humans
who had imprison them
and hunt their kind
and don’t get me started
on the dolphins and killer whales
who preform acrobatic feats
for their daily meals
and the sharks
the king of the ocean killers
they too
if they could
they surely would
escape
their prison cell
screaming
Death to all humans
as they flee
back into the ocean’s depths
Okinawa West Coast Road
Riding down the west coast road
of Okinawa
echoes of other beach roads
fill my head with memories
I am reminded of Hawaii
and driving along the Oregon coast
east coast beach towns as well
and Barbados
and the Caribbean islands
all the roads
are lined with tourist resorts
beach views and restaurants
all very similar
yet different
and as the beach towns
fade away
behind us on the bus
my memories
of all the other beach towns
I have visited
fade away
into my memory hole
Okinawa Haiku
In Okinawa
the warm trade winds blow away
the coming winter
Dec 1, 2019
Dec 1, 2019 at 4:37 AM UTC
The Sun slips to sleep
on Ishigaki's retreat
under pastel sky
Nov 13, 2019
Nov 13, 2019 at 5:25 PM UTC
Midway- Surprise! We saw them
Coming from a mile away.
Japanese aircrafts and ships try and attack,
And they get their butts whooped!
And then we got the idea to island hop!
Hop to Iwo Jima- Slowly.... Slowly.... Don't scare it,
It's like a nest of bees!
And we got it! Two air bases captured
And one step closer to the mainland!
Japan may be fortified, but we
Have tons of muscle!
Hop to Okinawa- this one was a doozy...
The biggest amphibious battle of WWII,
And contained the most casualties! Pretty harsh.
Maybe you they shouldn't have attacked us in the firs place!
We only meant to invade and use the island as a
Springboard towards the mainland, but the
Battle took too long.
Just weeks after the fighting ended, Japan surrendered
And we bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki!
We never got to invade...
Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014 at 10:18 PM UTC