I hold
the mirror of my life
up to my face.
I see
a man in black
staring back at me.
With a swing
I smash the mirror.
The day and I
grow dark as one.
Winter 2009 issue of Rust+Moth
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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