#rensaku

These shimmering shards of glass

Dance in the sunlight

.

Pieces of a whole

Enveloped like fond lovers

I am a sapling

And you say you’re Mother Earth;

The sun, rain, and soil

Nourished by your hands

Beneath my shade, gently hold

My delicate trunk

Chipping away bark

Carving initials in me

Defaced and engraved

Keys, your implement

(You left your blade in the car)

My cambium, scarred

The forest is vast

So nobody will notice

For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 53, Rensaku, Melissa has invited us to  Write at least three to four haiku or tanka. Each poem maintains its autonomy, in that it is not influenced by any other. Each poem functions as a stanza in the greater whole. See Shiki’s rensaku verse below. Together, all poems have a unifying theme, or are written with regard to an experience or event. Don’t…

The warm river of life force,

Comforting sorrow.

Seemingly always

unnoticeable, yet now