Breaking

In the name of quantum particles
I've become this wave that crashes
on the shore of possibility.
And love is breaking
everything around me.


~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

Unfathomable

It’s dark
but I know the river
flows out there because
I feel it flowing
in my soundless veins.




~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

Skipping

The low November sun is nothing
but a skipping stone
upon the waters of my being
but still I ripple every time
I feel it.


~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

No Thoughts

On the shore, I think,
boats are like thoughts on the river.
November is a time
for such clear meditation.
Only the river!






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

Truth

On the dark blue
waters of ten thousand waves,
one white swan.






~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans. Son Rivers)

The Big Break

when a single silent wave
crashes
a crescendo of ten thousand worlds appear

~Kokoro Sonzai 2009 (trans Son Rivers)