sweet rain
on my flower bed
I welcome home
its early spring
scent
green buds
the rebirth
of a garden
Sakura shoots
covered with
March snow
will a painless future
be possible?
parasites
the loss of an orchard
crop
how many
years ago
the bloody soil
around my roots
pain recalls pain
strife planted
I yearn to be rain-drenched
with healing
Mariko Kitakubo
Deborah P Kolodji