Vain Expectations

weather forecast

for the next few days:

manna is not expected.

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Black-n-white

black crows
on white snow
my winter despair

'Season of White Dreams'

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Equation Of Love

one heart
plus
one heart
is
one heart

and shortly after:

one heart
plus
one heart
is
three hearts

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Hush...

the finest things
are always silent:
butterfly's wings
song of the sunset
as well as your smile

from 'Dreamland' (2011)

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Freezing

in penguinia
however
it is summer now

and i'm still freezing
in the northern
hemisphere

awaiting
spring awakening
and sunshine

from 'Season of White Dreams'

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Summer Moved On

bright summer
was moving on
and on

and we thought
that it would
never end

and we were right
it didn't

the happiest summer
together

the saddest summer
apart

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Keys of the Heaven

(sonnet-renga)

Don't look around!
we are unable to find
keys of the heaven

Nothing was found:
we have got nothing to lose -
vain expectations

My disappointed hopes'
shimmering mirage:
farewell glimpse of the sea -
twilight of dreaming...

'The Way of Grass' (2010)

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Rising Sun Blues

When I heard 'Rising Sun Blues'
for the very first time
I was twelve years old.
When I first heard
its mystical sounds
it was like a bomb blown up
somewhere
in the deep of my soul
and broke my heart to the tiniest pieces.
When I first heard
'The House of the Rising Sun'
I couldn't help crying
and wept so bitterly with all my heart.
And I didn't realize the reason of my tears.
And then
I picked up my dad's old guitar
and sang this song to feel it
again and again.
It was my first love that I
first sang with my guitar.

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