at the edge
of a winter dream
I reach for her ...
my love in white
there, but not there
Honorable Mention, 2019 World Tanka Contest
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...