In sweltering sun love sprouting
Light rain falls
Gently nourishing
Flowering despite autumn's chill
Struggling to survive
Thriving still
Flourishing cloaked in winter's cold
Glowing
In the darkness of the soul
Warm thaw brings new growth
Humid heat inflaming
Inspiring passions oath
Fierce frost freezes tears
Discord reaps only stress
As baleful blizzard nears
Condensing spring-dew clouds form
Lightning racing
Lacing the summer storm
With autumns leaves fall our dreams
Drowned silent
Deep in icy cold streams
Blossoms wilt as the winter sky fades
Denied warmth
Given too much shade
Life will show us incredible beauty and replace it with indescribable sadness. Impermanence is the only permanence.
It is this transience itself that makes all of our experiences so vitally important, so beautiful.
Mono no aware describes both an appreciation of this beauty and a gentle sadness at the ephemeral nature of existence.
It is generally regarded as nearly impossible to translate, but I have done my best lol. :p
I wrote this as an homage to a very important person/relationship. I have struggled most of my life to overcome the loss of this person's friendship, and this concept has helped me begin to view this in a way that I can actually process.
I attempted to capture the beauty, love, strife, and sadness of this experience in a 'mono no aware' style with senryus for this reason.
I rewrote this one a bit so I am shamelessly reposting. ;)
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