One night in the darkness of his pain Said butterfly to the candle flame I come to you From near or far You burn the

Silence your voice in my ears I long to hear sweet music; Wipe off your stagnant feature From my mind’s canvas, for I long to

See the brook, the water in a stream She embraces each bend each curve Look how she seduces each rock As she caresses every turn

Anger was at age of five As she reached out to lend a hand No care for her kind intent No talking… attention! Be still;

It’s illusion time and place All the same and different case Don’t want suitors, have seen enough I am not at all impressed I am

This wretched heart of glass Aches with each beat each pulse Enfolded in pure silk net The silk net is tight and strong Won’t tear,

A thousand tender leaves On branches drifting in the breeze Their dance of intimate “surrender” In a play of life’s splendor   A thousand whispers

Consciousness, for some a worldly trait A world, we all dictate. Yet… A few are free of this earth Those who transcend this state  

Tell me who is the witness Of your own seeing And what is revealed Through your own looking   Tell me who is attached to

She was a precious soul Her heart spacious and free He, was an Imperial soldier A grandiose oak tree The two souls merged as one

In the late evening hours When the sun has long set sail, I watch the moonlight casting That silvery satin veil Her see-through silky white

There’s darkness in your candle And the inviting words you express, Conceals the coward in you. The senseless hollow notes you sing In your song

My heart an old house of Love, With a playground for nobles Those immortals play my fate Then, leave this house a war zone What

Today, I had my birthday Though he did not recall The one to whom I gave love   To whom I gave it all  

Words of love Perhaps a mystery Even if open book Only Nobles understand When heart is misty with its sorrow And its light dimmed with

Rare flowers blossom in cold, Like the Wisteria at my front gate that blooms just before Spring declares its arrival and decrees her season.