A choir in the sky,
garden in the sea,
lark in my chest.
An island in our bed,
throbbing agony
caressed by your hand.
Moans and pain
born to your laughter,
raised in your tears.
Time and silence.
Clocks ticking.
March, 2009 issue of Word Catalyst
Poetic Musings: Mother and Ocean Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
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mother I never knew,
each time I see the ocean,
each time --
*The Essential Haiku*, 1995
Kobayashi Issa
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