For Ink Empress's Dodoitsu contest
The Dodoitsu is a fixed folk song form of Japanese origin and is often about love or humor. It has 26 syllables made of of four lines of 7, 7, 7, 5 syllables respectively. It is unrhymed and non-metrical.
We Are All the Same Listen to the reeds as they sway apart; Hear them speak of lost friends. At birth, you were cut from your bed, Crying and grasping in separation. Everyone listens, knowing your song. You yearn for others who know your name, And the words to your lament. We are all the same, all the same, Longing to find our way back; Back to the one, back to the only one. Rumi When songs are sung in tandem Ambience of speech is smooth Devoted eyes dote your voice Obsessed puppy love When words echo tender tones Glowing like sapphire gemstones Not veiled behind metaphors Tranquil tongue sounds calm As triggers summon demons Vivid verses turn vicious Rage screams like a million crows Heart shudders with fear Soul struggles to beat and breathe Pain feels like paper in rain Silence is your only guide Lonely sepulchre Eruptions begin to ease An anthem of angels chant Rainbows colour fading greys Lovebirds serenade
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