Shizumanu Taiyo
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Poetic Form: Free Verse
Inspired: 2024 January 07
*6th Place*
Shizumanu Taiyo
Contest Judged: 2024 March 03
Sponsored by: Craig Cornish
*As an avid admirer of this song, I have had personal knowledge of this, that famous singer Kyu Sakamoto was one of the passengers who died on that ill-fated flight.
Video: Sukiyaki (Ue o Muite Arukou) - Kyu Sakamoto by YouTube
A moonlight silhouette ... of a sleeping mountain.
A living forest ... tall trees in fullness.
Underbrush heavy laden ... a patchwork of paths.
The moon is hiding ... the stars are hiding.
The night air stays cold ... light touches of frost.
All creatures are in stillness.
Unnatural noise awakes ... mountain forest creatures flee.
Darkness astir to bright light.
Chaos tangles a forest ... tall trees and brush full of pain.
Heard by dazed small life below.
Burning light shows the horror.
Moaning, groaning, crying screams ... most are unable to move.
Few hanging in trees ... subtle movements here and there.
Bodies of living and dead ... scattering midst the debris.
Time is of no use.
Many cling to life ... many more to hope.
Desperate prayers for help.
Cold, the enemy of life ... reckoning befalls.
Heartfelt prayers for loved ones.
Devout ancestral prayers.
Many sleeping peacefully ... prayers swept to memories.
Opens a book to scriptures.
A time of Oneness.
Descendants join ancestors.
In a place far, far, away.
Five hundred twenty ... are joined with their ancient past.
The realm of a Dynasty.
Four holds on to life.
Fate chooses for you.
Copyright © Hilo Poet | Year Posted 2024
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