The bird on the hand
2 May 2016
Courtesy Masao Yamamoto eikyo.es
Grey dawn awakens
Sleepy grasshoppers stretching
In drizzle of light
Idle thoughts in the half-light
Stir lazily in my mind
Silent butterflies
Flutter in the morning rays
That slowly emerge
My restless hands stretch outwards
Craving gift of the sun’s warmth
Silent observer
Tiny sparrow lands promptly
Perched on my fingers
Turned master of life and death
I lift my hand gingerly
The bird on the hand
Watching clouds fly in the sky
Blue dreams of springtime
Within bosom hopes of sun
Spiral towards lost freedom
Wanton prisoner
Delaying its onward flight
The sparrow hops twice
Curious mind discovering
I repeat the lost trials
The clouds gather dark
Their rims stripped of all linings
Stand dry tone on tone
Knaves take shelter the soonest
While the brave dance in the storms
Reading of the poem:
Courtesy Masao Yamamoto on 21steditions.com
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