Irene

“two feet tall,
the crimson-budded roses,
their young thorns
tender in
the soft spring rain”
― Shiki Masaoka

“I tried to speak your poems
but I could not!
The weeping of the gods
fell upon my ears.”
― Shiki Masaoka

“Because wholeness and meaning in life are not the products of what you have or don’t have, what you’ve done or haven’t done. You are already a whole person and possess a life of infinite meaning and purpose because of who you are—a child of God.”
― Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness: Realize the Power of Your Identity in Christ

“thinking how soon
all in this world passes
I loved
the yellow roses
that now have scattered”
― Shiki Masaoka