I think,
therefore I am
free to be
a co-owner
of my mother tongue,
the fighter
for my opinions,
the judge
of my conscience,
the planner
of my destiny,
and yet locked up
in the iron cage
of the zeitgeist,
I think.
December 2009 issue of Word Catalyst
One Man's Maple Moon: Shooting Star Tanka by Aya Yuhki
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*English Original*
in the wake
of a shooting star
a brightness
resembling love
shines in me awhile
*White Flowers in the Sky*, 2005
Aya Yuhki
*Chinese ...
