casting no glances
at me
Time is a hectic traveller --
I've greyed
inside out
Note: My tanka won Honourable Mention in The Saigyo Awards for Tanka 2009.
A Room of My Own: Wooden Jesus Tanka
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slanted sunlight
reaches Wooden Jesus on the cross
I close my eyes
... yet nothing whatever emerges
in my mind or my heart
FYI: This tanka could be read as...