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LOVE

by  profrksingh

Posted: Saturday, February 11, 2017
Word Count: 179
Summary: a tanka sequence





 
His message to meet
at moonrise among flowers
sparkles a secret
on her smiling face passion
glows with charming fervour



She is no moon yet
she drifts like the moon, takes care
of him from the sky --
meets him for a short, waxing
leaves him for a long, waning



Before going to bed
she looks too sad to have
any sweet dream:
the lonely lamp glints no love
and no star peeks through the curtains



Yearning to meet him
she turns a silk-worm spinning
love-silk in cold night --
stands in a shade melting tears
like a candle, drop by drop



Stains of dried dewy
tears on the eyelids tell of
the load on her mind:
clothed in spring the willow twigs
reveal the changed relation

 
 

Locked in the shadows
of unrolled curtains her love
in the lone boudoir --
she plays tunes on the violin
flowers fade at the windows



She senses all things
changing as she passes through
the city again:
should I leave the old house or
lie in the grave before death