years of hardship
dissolved into this moment
the ground falls away

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many years of toil
now it is your turn to fly
don't forget to breathe

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Perfect poise in space
Five make a baby’s mobile
Art instilled from birth

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this body developed
toned, shaped, stretched, enlivened
by an exceptional mind

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hey you beautiful
your body as a token of you
do a dance on me

Yanaka Bochi
A swirl of falling petals
On ancient gravestones

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Dormant life passes
Through the eye of the universe
Then shows its pleasure.

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seasons circle again
last years sun becomes flower
new life in dead branch

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the earth blooms with joy
a warm gentle breeze to pass
filled with aroma

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It is what it is.
They tell me it's Life renewed;
Is that what it is?

a shell of a man
but wasn't it always thus?
now that too is gone