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A chapter in the book One Thousand Cranes

Samurai's Battlefield

by Gypsy Blue Rose

 

Alone and wounded,   

melancholic thoughts linger 

over armor scraps,

fighting to keep memories  

of my son’s laughter   

and my wife’s  warm touch alive 

as passion’s cinders    

plunge my raging heart afar

when blood runs red where I stand

 




"Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite. God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them." --Khalil Gibran

CHOKA-It's a Japanese court poetic form of the 6th to 14th century consisting of nine-lines in a 5/7/5/7/5/7/5/7/7 syllables pattern and may be repeated. Originally, CHOKA was written in 100 sets. It was composed mainly to commemorate life events. for examples and more information from the Poets Collective CLICK HERE

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